Have the explosive HIV epidemics in sub-Saharan Africa been driven by higher community viral load?

AIDS

Volumn 27, Issue 15, 2013, Pages 2494-2496

  Abu Raddad, Laith J ^a,b,c   Barnabas, Ruanne V ^c   Janes, Holly ^c   Weiss, Helen A ^d   Kublin, James G ^c   Longini Jr , Ira M ^e   Wasserheit, Judith N ^c  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Qatar)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

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

^e UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ECOLOGY; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1 INFECTION; LETTER; MIXED INFECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TROPICS; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS TYPING;

FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; MALE; PREGNANCY; VIRAL LOAD;

EID: 84884473994     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: 14735571     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.aids.0000432463.23508.a2     Document Type: Letter

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