The risk of HIV transmission within HIV-1 sero-discordant couples appears to vary across sub-saharan africa

Epidemics

Volumn 6, Issue , 2014, Pages 1-9

  Chemaitelly, Hiam ^a   Awad, Susanne F ^a   Abu Raddad, Laith J ^a,b,c  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (Qatar)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

HIV transmission; Incidence rate; Mathematical model; Sero discordancy; Sub Saharan Africa

Indexed keywords

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ARTICLE; BURUNDI; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RWANDA; SWAZILAND; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FAMILY SIZE; HEALTH SURVEY; HIV INFECTIONS; INCIDENCE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MULTICENTER STUDY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEXUALITY; THEORETICAL MODEL; TRANSMISSION;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SERONEGATIVITY; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HIV-1; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL PARTNERS;

EID: 84890573969     PISSN: 17554365     EISSN: 18780067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epidem.2013.11.001     Document Type: Article

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