Cross-sectional research design and relatively low HIV incidence, rather than blood exposures, explain the peripheral location of HIV cases within the sexual networks observed on Likoma

AIDS

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1378-1379

  Helleringer, Stephane ^a,b   Kohler, Hans Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b University of Ennsylvania   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; BLOOD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RISK; LETTER; METHODOLOGY; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 66249139861     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: 14735571     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAD.0b013e3282fc733b     Document Type: Letter

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