Condom effectiveness in reducing heterosexual HIV transmission: a systematic review and meta-analysis of studies on HIV serodiscordant couples

Expert Review of Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 489-499

  Giannou, Foteini K ^a,b   Tsiara, Chrissa G ^b   Nikolopoulos, Georgios K ^a,b   Talias, Michael ^c   Benetou, Vasiliki ^a   Kantzanou, Maria ^a   Bonovas, Stefanos ^d   Hatzakis, Angelos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b Hellenic Centre for Disease Control and Prevention   (Greece)

^c OPEN UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS   (Cyprus)

^d HUMANITAS CLINICAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Italy)

Author keywords

condom effectiveness; heterosexual transmission; HIV; meta analysis; prevention; serodiscordant couples; systematic review

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONDOM USE; EUROPE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HETEROSEXUAL TRANSMISSION; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION PREVENTION; META ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SEROCONVERSION; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; CONDOM; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; MALE; SEXUALITY; TRANSMISSION; UTILIZATION;

CONDOMS; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SERONEGATIVITY; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; MALE; SEXUAL PARTNERS;

EID: 84946430726     PISSN: 14737167     EISSN: 17448379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/14737167.2016.1102635     Document Type: Article

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