HIV transmission in the United States: Considerations of viral load, risk behavior, and health disparities

AIDS and Behavior

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1632-1636

  Hall, H Irene ^a   Holtgrave, David R ^b   Tang, Tian ^c   Rhodes, Philip ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c ICF INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Disparities; HIV; HIV transmission; Men who have sex with men; Race ethnicity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUALITY; NEGRO; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UNSAFE SEX; VIRUS LOAD;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; PREVALENCE; UNITED STATES; UNSAFE SEX; VIRAL LOAD;

EID: 84878541648     PISSN: 10907165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10461-013-0426-z     Document Type: Article

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