Undetectable viral load is associated with sexual risk taking in HIV serodiscordant gay couples in Sydney

AIDS

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 179-184

  Van De Ven, Paul ^a   Mao, Limin ^a   Fogarty, Andrea ^a   Rawstorne, Patrick ^a   Crawford, June ^b   Prestage, Garrett ^b   Grulich, Andrew ^b   Kaldor, John ^b   Kippax, Susan ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

HIV; Homosexual men; Sexual behaviour; Viral load

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS LOAD;

EID: 15744380378     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002030-200501280-00010     Document Type: Article

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