Acute HIV infection in Singapore: Predominance of men who have sex with men

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 52, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 860-863

  Wong, C S ^a   Lye, D C ^a   Lee, C C ^a   Leo, Y S ^a  

^a TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Acute HIV infection; HIV transmission; Men who have sex with men; Seroconversion; Singapore

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; FEVER; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RASH; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL EDUCATION; SEXUAL ORIENTATION; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; SINGAPORE; SYPHILIS;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SINGAPORE;

EID: 83755224436     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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