Heterosexual Anal Intercourse: A Neglected Risk Factor for HIV?

American Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 69, Issue SUPPL.1, 2013, Pages 95-105

  Baggaley, Rebecca F ^a   Dimitrov, Dobromir ^b   Owen, Branwen N ^a,c   Pickles, Michael ^a   Butler, Ailsa R ^a   Masse, Ben ^b,d   Boily, Marie Claude ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anal intercourse; HIV; Infectiousness; Sexual violence

Indexed keywords

ANUS INTERCOURSE; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; EPIDEMIC; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; MARRIED MAN; MARRIED WOMAN; ORAL SEXUAL CONTACT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTITUTION; RECALL BIAS; RECTUM MUCOSA; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; SEXUAL VIOLENCE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; SOUTH AFRICA; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); VIOLENCE; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

COITUS; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SEX OFFENSES;

EID: 84873474075     PISSN: 10467408     EISSN: 16000897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/aji.12064     Document Type: Review

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