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Older adults are the least likely to practice safe sex [1, 2].
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Silva, A.R. (2016). HIV Prevention and Screening in Older Adults. In: Guaraldi, G., Falutz, J., Mussi, C., Silva, A. (eds) Managing the Older Adult Patient with HIV. Adis, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-20131-3_8
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