Concurrency revisited: Increasing and compelling epidemiological evidence

Journal of the International AIDS Society

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Mah, Timothy L ^a   Shelton, James D ^a  

^a UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIRCUMCISION; CONDOM; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; ETHNOGRAPHY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RISK; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SELF REPORT; SEROCONVERSION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUALITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; EDITORIAL; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 79959236435     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17582652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1758-2652-14-33     Document Type: Review

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