Per-contact risk of human immunodeficiency virus transmission between male sexual partners

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 150, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 306-311

  Vittinghoff, Eric ^a,b,f   Douglas, John ^c   Judson, Frank ^c   McKirnan, David ^d   Macqueen, Kate ^e   Buchbinder, Susan R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b S Francisco Dept of Public Health   (United States)

^c Denver Department of Public Health ^*  (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

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

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

HIV infections; Transmission

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BISEXUALITY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONDOM; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEROCONVERSION; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; UNITED STATES; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0033178369     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a010003     Document Type: Article

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