Acyclovir and transmission of HIV-1 from persons infected with HIV-1 and HSV-2

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 362, Issue 18, 2010, Pages 1740-1742

  Gray, Richard ^a   Wilson, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR;

DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1 INFECTION; INCIDENCE; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK REDUCTION; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; VIRUS LOAD;

EID: 77951817998     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMc1002408     Document Type: Letter

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