Heterosexual men and women with HIV test positive at a later stage of infection than homo- or bisexual men

International Journal of STD and AIDS

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 811-814

  Manavi, K ^a   McMillan, A ^a   Ogilvie, M ^b   Scott, G ^a  

^a ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

HIV testing; Late presenters; Screening

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BISEXUALITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCREENING;

ADULT; AIDS SERODIAGNOSIS; BISEXUALITY; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 10944225017     PISSN: 09564624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/0956462042563585     Document Type: Article

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