Safe travels? HIV transmission among Britons travelling abroad

HIV Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 315-317

  Rice, B ^a   Gilbart, V L ^a   Lawrence, J ^a   Smith, R ^a   Kall, M ^a   Delpech, V ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diagnoses; HIV; Travel; UK

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IRELAND; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTITUTION; SOUTH AFRICA; THAILAND; TRAVEL; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TRAVEL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862816099     PISSN: 14642662     EISSN: 14681293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-1293.2011.00983.x     Document Type: Article

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