Heterosexual transmission of human immunodeficiency virus: Variability of infectivity throughout the course of infection

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 148, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 88-96

  Leynaert, Bénédicte ^a,b   Downs, Angela M ^a   De Vincenzi, Isabelle ^a  

^a Europ Ctr Epidemiol Monitoring A   (France)

^b Hospital National de Saint Maurice   (France)

Author keywords

Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome; Disease transmission; HIV; Infectivity; Sexual partners

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROBABILITY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; VIRUS INFECTIVITY; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0032127568     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a009564     Document Type: Article

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