Virologic and immunologic determinants of heterosexual transmission of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 in Africa.

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Published in AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses on July 01, 2001

Authors

Fideli US1, S A Allen, R Musonda, S Trask, B H Hahn, H Weiss, J Mulenga, F Kasolo, S H Vermund, G M Aldrovandi

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Epidemiology and International Health, School of Public Health, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 35294, USA.

Associated clinical trials:

Sex, Aging and Antiretroviral Pharmacokinetics | NCT00666055

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