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The importance of doing HIV research in developing countries

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Should scarce resources be spent on biomedical research into HIV/AIDS in countries that cannot afford anti-retroviral therapy for all their patients, or should all available resources be allocated to direct patient care rather than to research?

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We thank J. Moore and M. Rossner for suggestions and comments.

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  2. National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Bethesda, Maryland

    Thomas C. Quinn

  3. Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland

    Richard E. Chaisson

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