Increased HIV Incidence in Men Who Have Sex with Men Despite High Levels of ART-Induced Viral Suppression: Analysis of an Extensively Documented Epidemic

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Phillips, Andrew N ^a   Cambiano, Valentina ^a   Nakagawa, Fumiyo ^a   Brown, Alison E ^b   Lampe, Fiona ^a   Rodger, Alison ^a   Miners, Alec ^c   Elford, Jonathan ^d   Hart, Graham ^a   Johnson, Anne M ^a   Lundgren, Jens ^e   Delpech, Valerie C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

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

^d CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; CONDOM; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HIV TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; NONHUMAN; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SIMULATION; UNITED KINGDOM; UNSAFE SEX; VIRUS INHIBITION;

ANTI-RETROVIRAL AGENTS; GREAT BRITAIN; HIV; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL PARTNERS;

EID: 84874029956     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0055312     Document Type: Article

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