Virus in semen and the risk of sexual transmission

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 378, Issue 15, 2018, Pages 1440-1441

  Feldmann, Heinz ^a  

^a National Institute   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EBOLAVIRUS; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; LASSA VIRUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEMINAL PLASMA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; SPERM; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS INFECTIVITY; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS LATENCY; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS VIRULENCE; ZIKA VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; RISK;

VIRUS RNA;

HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; RISK; RNA, VIRAL; SEMEN;

EID: 85045268566     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMe1803212     Document Type: Editorial

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