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AIDS research must link to local policy

HIV research in South Africa is world class. To halt the country's epidemic, scientists need to shift focus from global problems to priorities at home, say Salim Abdool Karim and Quarraisha Abdool Karim.

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Karim, S., Karim, Q. AIDS research must link to local policy. Nature 463, 733–734 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/463733a

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