Can we broaden the applicability of HIV transmission cluster analyses?

AIDS

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1043-1044

  Lubelchek, Ronald J ^a,c   Beavis, Kathleen G ^b   Gonzalez, Marisol ^c   Kendrick, Sabrina R ^a,c   Roberts, Rebecca R ^a   Barker, David E ^a,c  

^a Jr Hospital of Cook County   (United States)

^b Division of Microbiology and Virology   (United States)

^c Ruth M Rothstein CORE Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION PREVENTION; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84861069583     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: 14735571     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAD.0b013e3283522d81     Document Type: Letter

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