Low HIV-1 incidence among married serodiscordant couples in Pune, India

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 371-373

  Mehendale, S M ^a   Ghate, M V ^a   Kishore Kumar, B ^a   Sahay, S ^a   Gamble, T R ^b   Godbole, S V ^a   Thakar, M R ^a   Kulkarni, S S ^a   Gupta, A ^c   Gangakhedkar, R R ^a   Divekar, A D ^a   Risbud, A R ^a   Paranjape, R S ^a   Bollinger, R C ^c  

^a NATIONAL AIDS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b FAMILY HEALTH INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICA; ARTICLE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CONDOM; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEROLOGY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADULT; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INDIA; MALE; MARRIAGE; SEXUAL PARTNERS;

EID: 33645097338     PISSN: 15254135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.qai.0000209905.35620.48     Document Type: Article

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