Genitalulcers and transmission of HIV among couples in Zimbabwe

AIDS

Volumn 3, Issue 8, 1989, Pages 519-523

  Latif, Ahmed S ^a   Katzenstein, David A ^b   Bassett, Maryt T ^c   Houston, Stan ^d   Emmanuel, Jean C ^e   Marowa, Evaristo ^f  

^a Departments of Medicine ^*  (Zimbabwe)

^b Medical Microbiology ^*  (Zimbabwe)

^c com munity Medicine ^*  (Zimbabwe)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

^e Harare Blood Transfusion Service ^*  (Zimbabwe)

^f MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND CHILD CARE   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

AIDS; Discordant couples; Genital ulcer; HIV

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; FEMALE; GENITAL ULCER; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ZIMBABWE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME--MEN; ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME--WOMEN; AFRICA; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; BEHAVIOR; BIOLOGY; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASES; EASTERN AFRICA; ENGLISH SPEAKING AFRICA; HETEROSEXUALS; HIV INFECTIONS--TRANSMISSION; INFECTIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCTIVE TRACT INFECTIONS; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RISK FACTORS; SEX BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; STUDIES; VIRAL DISEASES; ZIMBABWE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; FEMALE; GENITAL DISEASES, MALE; HIV ANTIBODIES; HIV-1; HUMAN; MALE; MARRIAGE; SEX BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; ULCER; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 0024470392     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: 14735571     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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