Postcoital vaginal bleeding as a risk factor for transmission of the human immunodeficiency virus in a heterosexual partner study in Brazil

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 157, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1362-1368

  Guimarães, Mark D C ^a,c   Vlahov, David ^c   Castilho, Euclides A ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONDOM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; VAGINA BLEEDING; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 1842327432     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.157.12.1362     Document Type: Article

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