Risk of HIV transmission in discordant couples

The Lancet

Volumn 372, Issue 9635, 2008, Pages 270-271

  Garnett, Geoffrey P ^a   Gazzard, Brian ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b CHELSEA AND WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

ARTICLE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CONDOM; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK REDUCTION; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUALITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; VIREMIA; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS REPLICATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 47649124453     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(08)61089-2     Document Type: Note

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