Collecting the essence of man: Semen collection for HIV transmission studies in sub-Saharan Africa [10]

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 185-186

  Price, Matt A ^a,b,d   Cohen, M S ^a,b   Hoffman, I F ^b   Chilongozi, D ^c   Mariinson, F E A ^c   Tembo, T ^c  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA PROJECT   (Malawi)

^d Intl AIDS Vaccine Initiative   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; GENITAL ULCER; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ANIMALS; FOCUS GROUPS; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MASTURBATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEMEN; SPECIMEN HANDLING; TRICHOMONAS INFECTIONS; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS;

EID: 17144369158     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sti.2004.012104     Document Type: Letter

References (4)

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4. Price M, Zimba D, Hoffman I, et al. The addition of treatment for trichomoniasis to the syndromic management of urethritis in Malawi: a randomized clinical trial. Sex Transm Dis 2003;30:516-22.