Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS)-free time after Human Immunodeficiency Virus type 1 (HIV-1) seroconversion in homosexual men

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 130, Issue 3, 1989, Pages 530-539

  Muñoz, Alvaro ^a   Wang, Mei Cheng ^a   Bass, Sue ^a   Taylor, Jeremy M G ^b   Kingsley, Lawrence A ^c   Chmiel, Joan S ^d   Polk, B Frank ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

HIV seropositivity; Incidence studies; Lymphocytes; Probability; Statistics

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; INCUBATION TIME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROCONVERSION; SHORT SURVEY; STATISTICS;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDIES; PROBABILITY; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0024397774     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a115367     Document Type: Article

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