HIV infection among pregnant women in Lindi, Tanzania, 1989-1993

International Journal of STD and AIDS

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 265-268

  Petry, K Ulrich ^a   Kingu, Howard ^b  

^a LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

^b Queen Elizabeth II Hospital Maseru   (Lesotho)

Author keywords

HIV; Pregnancy; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; TANZANIA; URBAN AREA;

AFRICA; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AGE FACTORS; BIOLOGY; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASES; EASTERN AFRICA; ENGLISH SPEAKING AFRICA; HIV INFECTIONS--WOMEN; INFECTIONS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MEASUREMENT; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; PREGNANT WOMEN; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCTIVE TRACT INFECTIONS; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION--WOMEN; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES--WOMEN; STUDIES; TANZANIA; URBAN POPULATION--WOMEN; VIRAL DISEASES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; COUNSELING; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SEROPREVALENCE; HIV-1; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; TANZANIA; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0029791541     PISSN: 09564624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/0956462961917942     Document Type: Article

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