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close this bookHIV in Pregnancy: A Review (UNAIDS, 1999, 67 p.)
close this folderSECTION A : HIV IN PREGNANCY
close this folderSusceptibility of women to HIV infection
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View the documentBiological factors
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Women in the developing world are at higher risk of HIV infection than their male counterparts for a number of reasons, biological and sociological.