Failure of serosorting to protect African American men who have sex with men from HIV infection

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 659-664

  Golden, Matthew R ^a,b   Dombrowski, Julia C ^a,b   Kerani, Roxanne P ^a,b   Stekler, Joanne D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ANTIVIRAL THERAPY; ANUS INTERCOURSE; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HISPANIC; HIV SEROSORTING; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; SEXUALITY; UNSAFE SEX;

EID: 85027929373     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: 15374521     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OLQ.0b013e31825727cb     Document Type: Article

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