No evidence of increased sexual risk behaviour after initiating antiretroviral therapy among people who inject drugs

AIDS

Volumn 24, Issue 14, 2010, Pages 2271-2278

  Marshall, Brandon D L ^a,b   Milloy, M J ^a,b   Kerr, Thomas ^a,b   Zhang, Ruth ^a   Montaner, Julio S G ^a,b   Wood, Evan ^a,b  

^a ST PAUL S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

AIDS; antiretroviral therapy; HIV; injection drug use; sexual risk

Indexed keywords

ANTI HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; DRUG DEPENDENCE; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; UNSAFE SEX; VIRUS LOAD;

ADULT; ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY, HIGHLY ACTIVE; CANADA; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; VIRAL LOAD;

EID: 77956231404     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: 14735571     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAD.0b013e32833dd101     Document Type: Article

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