HIV transmission in serodiscordant heterosexual couples

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 340, Issue 7757, 2010, Pages 1149-

  Boily, Marie Claude ^a   Buvé, Anne ^b   Baggaley, Rebecca F ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; EDITORIAL; FOLLOW UP; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS REPLICATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ANTI-HIV AGENTS; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; SEXUAL PARTNERS;

EID: 77953928696     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.c2449     Document Type: Editorial

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