CLINICAL ARTICLE

 

Post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP): A practical guide

 

 

Adele Visser^I; Hilgaard F Visser^II; Karin L Richter^III

^IMBChB; Senior Registrar Department Clinical Pathology, University of Pretoria, National Health Laboratory Service, Tshwane Academic Division
^IIMBChB; Senior Registrar Department Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Pretoria
^IIIMMed(Path-Viro), FCS(Path-Viro). Dip HIV Man, Dip Obs&G; Consultant and Lecturer Department Medical Virology, University of Pretoria, National Health Laboratory Service, Tshwane Academic Division

Correspondence

 

 

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Correspondence:
Dr A Visser
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