HIV epidemicity in context of STI declines: A telling discordance [1]

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 78, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 467-

  Potterat, J J ^b   Brody, Stuart ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONDOM; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTITUTION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ZIMBABWE;

HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; PREVALENCE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 0036917464     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sti.78.6.467     Document Type: Letter

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