The impact of imperfect vaccines on the evolution of HIV virulence

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 907-911

  Massad, E ^a,b   Coutinho, F A B ^a   Burattini, M N ^a   Lopez, L F ^a   Struchiner, C J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS VACCINE;

ARTICLE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DISEASE SIMULATION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; HYPOTHESIS; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROPREVALENCE; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; VIRUS VIRULENCE;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

EID: 32144444569     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2005.11.042     Document Type: Article

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