The role of heterosexual anal intercourse for HIV transmission in developing countries: Are we ready to draw conclusions?

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 85, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 408-410

  Boily, Marie Claude ^a   Baggaley, Rebecca F ^a   Mâsse, Benoit ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICROBICIDE;

ANUS INTERCOURSE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EDITORIAL; EPIDEMIC; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERVENTION STUDY; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MULTICENTER STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

FEMALE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; SELF DISCLOSURE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 70350348699     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: 14723263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sti.2009.037499     Document Type: Editorial

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