Probability of Heterosexual Transmission of HIV: Relationship to the Number of Unprotected Sexual Contacts

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes and Human Retrovirology

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 388-395

  Downs, Angela M ^a   De Vincenzi, Isabelle ^a  

^a Hôpital National Saint Maurice   (France)

Author keywords

Heterosexual transmission; HIV; Infectivity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PROBABILITY; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; VIRUS INFECTIVITY; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

DISEASE TRANSMISSION, HORIZONTAL; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; PROBABILITY; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES, VIRAL; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 0030117206     PISSN: 10779450     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042560-199604010-00010     Document Type: Article

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