HIV and AIDS: Where is the epidemic going?

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 121-129

  Mertens, T E ^a   Low Beer, D ^a,b  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b ST JOHN S COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; MALE; PREVALENCE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DISEASES; EPIDEMICS; ESTIMATION TECHNICS; HIV INFECTIONS; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS--CHANGES; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; VIRAL DISEASES; WORLD;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; CHILD; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREGNANCY; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE;

AIDS; AIDS EPIDEMIC; DISEASE PREVALENCE; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; HIV; HIV INFECTION; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY;

EID: 0029662903     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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