Exploring the relationship between sexually transmitted diseases and HIV acquisition by using different study designs

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 546-551

  Zetola, Nicola M ^a   Bernstein, Kyle T ^b   Wong, Ernest ^b   Louie, Brian ^b   Klausner, Jeffrey D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SAN FRANCISCO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute HIV infection; Case crossover; HIV acquisition; Nested case control, STD

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYPHILIS; ACUTE DISEASE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HOMOSEXUALITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNITED STATES;

ACUTE DISEASE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHRONIC DISEASE; GONORRHEA; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAN FRANCISCO; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SYPHILIS;

EID: 65449159041     PISSN: 15254135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAI.0b013e318195bd2b     Document Type: Article

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