Partner notification and the control of human immunodeficiency virus infection: Two years of experience in San Francisco

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1991, Pages 107-110

  Rutherford, George W ^a,b,c,d   Woo, Jean M ^a,b,c,d   Neal, Dennese P ^a,b,c,d   Rauch, Kathryn J ^a,b,c,d   Geoghegan, Christine ^a,b,c,d   McKinney, Kevin C ^a,b,c,d   McGee, John ^a,b,c,d   Lemp, George F ^a,b,c,d  

^a AIDS Office San Francisco   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c U S DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES   (United States)

^d CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; NONHUMAN; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

CONTACT TRACING; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMAN; INTERVIEWS; MALE; PREVALENCE; SAN FRANCISCO;

EID: 0025828753     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: 15374521     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007435-199118020-00010     Document Type: Article

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