A prospective study of contraceptive use among African women in HIV-1 serodiscordant partnerships.

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Published in Sex Transm Dis on October 01, 2010

Authors

Renee Heffron1, Edwin Were, Connie Celum, Nelly Mugo, Kenneth Ngure, James Kiarie, Jared M Baeten, Partners in Prevention HSV/HIV Transmission Study Team

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Epidemiology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98104, USA. rheffron@uw.edu

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