Open AccessHIV-2 does not protect against HIV-1 infection in a rural community in Guinea-Bissau
Author(s) -
Maarten F. Schim van der Loeff,
Péter Aaby,
K Aryioshi,
Tim Vincent,
Akum Aveika Awasana,
Carlos da Silva Costa,
Lucy Pembrey,
Francisco Dias,
Elizabeth Harding,
Helen A. Weiss,
Hilton Whittle
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
aids
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.195
H-Index - 216
eISSN - 1473-5571
pISSN - 0269-9370
DOI - 10.1097/00002030-200111230-00012
Subject(s) - medicine , population , incidence (geometry) , demography , confidence interval , syphilis , risk factor , immunology , sida , transmission (telecommunications) , rate ratio , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , viral disease , virology , environmental health , physics , sociology , optics , electrical engineering , engineering
To examine the putative protective effect of HIV-2 infection against subsequent HIV-1 infection.