Risk factors for prevalent and incident HIV infection in a cohort of volunteer blood donors in Harare, Zimbabwe: Implications for blood safety

AIDS, Supplement

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1997, Pages

  McFarland, William ^a   Mvere, David ^b   Katzenstein, David ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b National Blood Transfusion Service   (Zimbabwe)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood donors; HIV; Risk factors; Zimbabwe

Indexed keywords

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEROCONVERSION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; ZIMBABWE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AFRICA; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; BIOLOGY; BLOOD DONORS; BLOOD SUPPLY; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASES; EASTERN AFRICA; ENGLISH SPEAKING AFRICA; EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; EXAMINATIONS AND DIAGNOSES; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SERODIAGNOSIS; IMMUNITY; INCIDENCE; LABORATORY EXAMINATIONS AND DIAGNOSES; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MEASUREMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; RISK FACTORS; SEROCONVERSION; STUDIES; VIRAL DISEASES; ZIMBABWE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLOOD DONORS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 0030772303     PISSN: 13502840     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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