Concise communications: Infectivity of the human immunodeficiency virus: Estimates from a prospective study of homosexual men

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 156, Issue 1, 1987, Pages 189-192

  Grant, Robert M ^a   Wiley, James A ^a   Winkelstein, Warren ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD AND HEMOPOIETIC SYSTEM; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; HIV; HIV ANTIBODIES; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX BEHAVIOR; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0023175181     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: 15376613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/156.1.189     Document Type: Article

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