Association of CD4 cell depletion and elevated blood and seminal plasma human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) RNA concentrations with genital ulcer disease in HIV-1-infected men in Malawi

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 177, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 224-227

  Dyer, John R ^b   Eron, Joseph J ^a   Hoffman, Irving F ^c   Kazembe, Peter ^c   Vernazza, Pietro L ^c   Nkata, Eniffa ^c   Daly, Celine Costello ^c   Fiscus, Susan A ^c   Cohen, Myron S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TOWNSVILLE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GENITAL ULCER; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAWI; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0031964842     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/517359     Document Type: Article

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