High transmissibility during early HIV infection among men who have sex with men - San Francisco, California

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 211, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 1757-1760

  Hollingsworth, T Déirdre ^a,b   Pilcher, Christopher D ^d   Hecht, Frederick M ^d   Deeks, Steven G ^d   Fraser, Christophe ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c School of Public Health   (United Kingdom)

^d SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

early infection; HIV; men who have sex with men; San Francisco; transmission rate

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; HIV TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED STATES; VIRUS INFECTIVITY; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; HIV INFECTIONS; MALE HOMOSEXUALITY; ODDS RATIO; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRANSMISSION;

HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAN FRANCISCO;

EID: 84930445906     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: 15376613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jiu831     Document Type: Article

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