Sexual partnership patterns in malawi: Implications for HIV/STI transmission

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 657-666

  Powers, Kimberly A ^a,b   Hoffman, Irving F ^b,c   Ghani, Azra C ^d   Hosseinipour, Mina C ^b,c   Pilcher, Christopher D ^b   Price, Matthew A ^a   Pettifor, Audrey E ^a   Chilongozi, David A ^c   Martinson, Francis E A ^c   Cohen, Myron S ^a,b   Miller, William C ^a,b  

^a IL   (United States)

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

^c KAMUZU CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Malawi)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAWI; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; MALAWI; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79959627670     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: 15374521     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OLQ.0b013e31820cb223     Document Type: Article

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