HIV transmission in a state prison system, 1988-2005

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2009, Pages

  Jafa, Krishna ^a,b   McElroy, Peter ^a   Fitzpatrick, Lisa ^a   Borkowf, Craig B ^a   MacGowan, Robin ^a   Margolis, Andrew ^a   Robbins, Ken ^a   Youngpairoj, Ae Saekhou ^a   Stratford, Dale ^a   Greenberg, Alan ^c   Taussig, Jennifer ^d   Shouse, R Luke ^d   LaMarre, Madeleine ^e   McLellan Lemal, Eleanor ^a   Heneine, Walid ^a   Sullivan, Patrick S ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES   (United States)

^e Georgia Department of Transportation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAG PROTEIN; POL PROTEIN; PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; RNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE INHIBITOR; VIRUS ENVELOPE PROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRISONER; RISK FACTOR; SEROCONVERSION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TATTOOING; VIRUS RESISTANCE; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ADOLESCENT; ANTIVIRAL RESISTANCE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYLOGENY; PRISON; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; VIROLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DRUG RESISTANCE, VIRAL; GEORGIA; HIV; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYLOGENY; PRISONERS; PRISONS; RISK-TAKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65549145836     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0005416     Document Type: Article

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