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Volume 11, Number 9—September 2005
Research

Malaria Attributable to the HIV-1 Epidemic, Sub-Saharan Africa

Eline L. Korenromp*†Comments to Author , Brian G. Williams*, Sake J. de Vlas†, Eleanor Gouws‡, Charles F. Gilks*, Peter D. Ghys‡, and Bernard L. Nahlen*
Author affiliations: *World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland; †Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands; ‡Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, Geneva, Switzerland

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Figure 1

Modeled time trends in HIV-1 prevalence (adults 15–49 years), based on UNAIDS estimates from sentinel surveillance data in antenatal clinics (28).

Figure 1. . Modeled time trends in HIV-1 prevalence (adults 15–49 years), based on UNAIDS estimates from sentinel surveillance data in antenatal clinics (28).

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