Infections prevented by increasing HIV serostatus awareness in the United States, 2001 to 2004

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 354-357

  Pinkerton, Steven David ^a   Holtgrave, David Robert ^b   Galletly, Carol Lynne ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

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

Author keywords

HIV; Incident infections; Mathematic model; Serostatus awareness

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION PREVENTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MORBIDITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; UNITED STATES; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; INCIDENCE; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICS;

CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION (U.S.); DISEASE TRANSMISSION, HORIZONTAL; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED STATES;

EID: 42449159827     PISSN: 15254135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAI.0b013e318160d57e     Document Type: Article

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