HIV and concurrent sexual partnerships: Modelling the role of coital dilution

Journal of the International AIDS Society

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Sawers, Larry ^a   Isaac, Alan G ^a   Stillwaggon, Eileen ^b  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GETTYSBURG COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ARTICLE; COITUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; SEXUALITY; SIMULATION; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS;

EID: 80052690747     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17582652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1758-2652-14-44     Document Type: Article

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