Available evidence does not support serosorting as an HIV risk reduction strategy

AIDS

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 935-936

  Heymer, Kelly Jean ^a   Wilson, David P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; LETTER; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

HARM REDUCTION; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SEROPREVALENCE; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 77949545125     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: 14735571     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAD.0b013e328337b029     Document Type: Letter

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