High levels of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 in blood and semen of seropositive men in sub-Saharan Africa

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 177, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1742-1746

  Dyer, John R ^b   Kazembe, Peter ^d   Vernazza, Pietro L ^d   Gilliam, Bruce L ^c   Maida, Martin ^d   Zimba, Dick ^d   Hoffman, Irving F ^d   Royce, Rachel A ^d   Schock, Jody L ^d   Fiscus, Susan A ^d   Cohen, Myron S ^d   Eron Jr , Joseph J ^a  

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

^b TOWNSVILLE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c HENRY M JACKSON FOUNDATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF MILITARY MEDICINE   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; MALAWI; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; SPERM; VIRUS REPLICATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 17344371256     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/517436     Document Type: Article

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