HIV transmissions during seroconversion contribute significantly to new infections in men who have sex with men in Australia

AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 460-464

  Chibo, Doris ^a   Kaye, Matthew ^a   Birch, Chris ^a  

^a VICTORIAN INFECTIOUS DISEASES REFERENCE LABORATORY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SEQUENCE; SEROCONVERSION; STRUCTURAL GENE; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AUSTRALIA; BLOTTING, WESTERN; FEMALE; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HIV-1; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RNA, VIRAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84860456847     PISSN: 08892229     EISSN: 19318405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/aid.2011.0137     Document Type: Article

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