Role of acute and early HIV infection in the sexual transmission of HIV

Current Opinion in HIV and AIDS

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 277-282

  Miller, William C ^a,b   Rosenberg, Nora E ^b   Rutstein, Sarah E ^c   Powers, Kimberly A ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Dept of Environ Health Sciences   (United States)

^c IL   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute HIV infection; HIV transmission; Mathematical models

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; VIRUS ANTIGEN; VIRUS RNA;

ACUTE HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; COITUS; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; GENITAL ULCER; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; POPULATION RISK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROVIRUS INFECTION; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; SEROCONVERSION; SEROLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; VIREMIA; VIRUS CONCENTRATION; VIRUS DIAGNOSIS; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS LOAD;

BLOOD; BODILY SECRETIONS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, INFECTIOUS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RNA, VIRAL; TIME FACTORS; VIRAL LOAD;

EID: 77953615109     PISSN: 1746630X     EISSN: 17466318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/COH.0b013e32833a0d3a     Document Type: Review

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