Probability of heterosexual HIV-1 transmission per coital act in Sub-Saharan Africa

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 205, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 351-352

  Gray, Ronald H ^a   Wawer, Maria J ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AGE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; COITUS; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1 INFECTION; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RISK; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MARITAL THERAPY; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFE SEX; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; UNSAFE SEX; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; COITUS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; MALE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES;

EID: 84855863593     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jir751     Document Type: Note

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