Sexually transmitted infections among patients with acute hiv in north carolina

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 372-374

  McCoy, Sandra I ^a,f   Eron, Joseph J ^a,b   Kuruc, JoAnn D ^b   Strauss, Ronald P ^c   MacDonald, Pia D M ^a   Fiscus, Susan A ^b   Barnhart, John ^d   Pilcher, Christopher D ^e   Leone, Peter A ^a,b,d   Miller, William C ^a,b  

^a The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f International Research   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS ANTIBODY; RNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; VIRUS RNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK FACTOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; UNITED STATES; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORTH CAROLINA; PREVALENCE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES;

EID: 67049158247     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OLQ.0b013e3181997252     Document Type: Article

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