Sexual seroadaptation: Lessons for prevention and sex research from a cohort of HIV-positive men who have sex with men

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  McConnell, J Jeff ^a   Bragg, Larry ^a   Shiboski, Stephen ^b   Grant, Robert M ^a,b  

^a GLADSTONE INSTITUTE OF VIROLOGY AND IMMUNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ANUS INTERCOURSE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEROADAPTATION; SEROCONVERSION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; ADAPTATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; HOMOSEXUALITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SEXUALITY;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; COHORT STUDIES; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; SEXUAL PARTNERS;

EID: 77952508361     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0008831     Document Type: Article

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