Valid evaluation of iatrogenic and sexual HIV transmission requires proof [3]

AIDS

Volumn 21, Issue 18, 2007, Pages 2556-2557

  Brewer, Devon D ^a   Potterat, John J ^b   Gisselquist, David ^b   Dinsmore, Wallace W ^c   St Lawrence, Janet S ^d   Brody, Stuart ^e  

^a Interdisciplinary Scientific Research   (United States)

^b Royal Victoria Hospital ^*

^c ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA SEQUENCE; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IATROGENIC DISEASE; LETTER; MALARIA; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VIRAL CONTAMINATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 36349032791     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAD.0b013e3282f08c1b     Document Type: Letter

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