Role of Acute HIV Infection in Driving HIV Transmission: Implications for HIV Treatment as Prevention

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2015, Pages

  Abu Raddad, Laith J ^a,b,c  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Qatar)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; INFECTION PREVENTION; PREDICTION; SIMULATION; VIRUS INFECTIVITY; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ACUTE PHASE RESPONSE; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; METHODOLOGY; SEXUALITY; STATISTICAL BIAS; TRANSMISSION;

ACUTE-PHASE REACTION; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; RESEARCH DESIGN; SEXUAL PARTNERS; VIRAL LOAD;

EID: 84926443606     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001803     Document Type: Article

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