The use of back projection to estimate HIV prevalence among pregnant women in Australia

Pediatric AIDS and HIV Infection

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 331-336

  Law, Matthew G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

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Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INFECTION RISK; PERINATAL INFECTION; PLACENTAL TRANSFER; PREGNANCY; SCREENING TEST; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AUSTRALIA; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SEROPREVALENCE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT, NEWBORN; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS;

EID: 0030001546     PISSN: 10455418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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