Risk factors for HIV transmission among heterosexual discordant couples in South India

HIV Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 178-186

  Kumarasamy, N ^a   Venkatesh, K K ^b   Srikrishnan, A K ^a   Prasad, L ^a   Balakrishnan, P ^a   Thamburaj, E ^a   Sharma, J ^a   Solomon, S ^a   Mayer, K ^b  

^a YRG CENTRE FOR AIDS RESEARCH AND EDUCATION   (India)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

HAART; HIV AIDS; India; Prevention; Serodiscordant couples; Transmission; Viral load

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; CD4 ANTIGEN; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONDOM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENITAL HERPES; HETEROSEXUALITY; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SEROCONVERSION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTI-HIV AGENTS; ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY, HIGHLY ACTIVE; CONDOMS; DISCLOSURE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, INFECTIOUS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SPOUSES; TIME FACTORS; VIRAL LOAD; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 75649087017     PISSN: 14642662     EISSN: 14681293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-1293.2009.00760.x     Document Type: Article

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