HIV-1-discordant couples in sub-Saharan Africa: Explanations and implications for high rates of discordancy

Current HIV Research

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 416-429

  Guthrie, Brandon L ^a   de Bruyn, Guy ^b   Farquhar, Carey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Africa; Couples; Discordant; Heterosexual transmission; HIV

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; GAMMA INTERFERON; HLA ANTIGEN;

AFRICA; ANUS INTERCOURSE; CIRCUMCISION; CONDOM; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HAPLOTYPE; HERPES SIMPLEX; HETEROSEXUALITY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1 INFECTION; HUMAN RELATION; INFECTION RISK; INNATE IMMUNITY; LACTATION; MARITAL THERAPY; ORAL SEXUAL CONTACT; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SOCIAL ASPECT; SUPERINFECTION; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AIDS VACCINES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, HORIZONTAL; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; MALE; SEXUAL PARTNERS;

EID: 34447280139     PISSN: 1570162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/157016207781023992     Document Type: Review

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