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

AIDS

Volumn 27, Issue 15, 2013, Pages 2496-2497

  Kenyon, Chris ^a,b   Boulle, Andrew ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1 INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; LETTER; MIXED INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; VIRUS LOAD;

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

EID: 84884494368     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: 14735571     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.aids.0000432469.38756.32     Document Type: Letter

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