HIV infection among U.S. Army and Air Force military personnel: Sociodemographic and genotyping analysis

AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 889-894

  Singer, Darrell E ^a   Bautista, Christian T ^b,f   O'Connell, Robert J ^b,c,d   Sanders Buell, Eric ^b,f   Agan, Brian K ^d   Kijak, Gustavo H ^b,f   Hakre, Shilpa ^b,f   Sanchez, Jose L ^a   Sateren, Warren B ^b,c   McCutchan, Francine E ^e   Michael, Nelson L ^b,c   Scott, Paul T ^b,c  

^a Department of Defense HIV Program Nigeria ^*  (United States)

^b US Military HIV Research Program   (United States)

^c WALTER REED ARMY INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^d UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^e BILL AND MELINDA GATES FOUNDATION   (United States)

^f HENRY M JACKSON FOUNDATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF MILITARY MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AIR FORCE; ARMY; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; NEGRO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COHORT ANALYSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; SOLDIER; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955605674     PISSN: 08892229     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/aid.2009.0289     Document Type: Article

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