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Clinical round-up
Clinical round-up
  1. Lewis J Haddow1,
  2. Sophie Herbert2
  1. 1Centre for Sexual Health and HIV Research, University College London, London, UK
  2. 2The Ashwood Centre, St Mary's Hospital, Kettering, UK
  1. Correspondence to Dr Lewis J Haddow, Centre for Sexual Health and HIV Research, University College London, 4th floor, Mortimer Market Centre, Capper Street, London WC1E 6JB, UK; lewis.haddow{at}ucl.ac.uk

https://doi.org/10.1136/sextrans-2016-052612

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    Footnotes

    • Contributors Both authors contributed to the writing of this article. On this occasion, LJH was the lead author and SH provided comments and amendments.

    • Competing interests None declared.

    • Provenance and peer review Commissioned; internally peer reviewed.