Human immunodeficiency virus RNA levels in US adults: A comparison based upon race and ethnicity

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 176, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 794-797

  Brown, Arthur E ^a   Alone, John D M ^b   Zhou, Susan Y J ^b   Lane, James R ^b   Hawkes, Clifton A ^b  

^a ARMED FORCES RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Thailand)

^b Armed Forces Res Inst of Med Sci ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HELPER CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEROCONVERSION; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 0030808039     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/517304     Document Type: Article

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