THE ROLE OF CO-INFECTION IN THE SPREAD OF HIV IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA

The cause of the high HIV prevalence in sub-Saharan Africa is incompletely understood, with heterosexual penile-vaginal transmission proposed as the main mechanism. Heterosexual HIV transmission has a very low probability; further, a single estimation of heterosexual probability of HIV transmission...

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Main Author: Cuadros, Diego Fernando
Format: Others
Published: UKnowledge 2011
Subjects:
HIV
Online Access:http://uknowledge.uky.edu/biology_etds/1
http://uknowledge.uky.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1000&context=biology_etds