HIV treatment as prevention and "the Swiss statement": In for a dime, in for a dollar?

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 51, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1323-1324

  Cohen, Myron S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

CONDOM; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; NOTE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; VIRUS LOAD;

ANTI-HIV AGENTS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; SWITZERLAND; UNSAFE SEX;

EID: 78649812833     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/656810     Document Type: Note

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