The HIV epidemic in Zambia: Socio-demographic prevalence patterns and indications of trends among childbearing women

AIDS

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 339-345

  Fylkesnes, Knut ^a,b   Musonda, Rosemary Mubanga ^c   Kasumba, Kelvin ^a,b,d   Ndhlovu, Zacchaeus ^a,b,d   Mluanda, Fred ^c   Kaetano, Lovemore ^c   Chipaila, Chiluba C ^c  

^a Natl AIDS STD TB Leprosy Prog   (Zambia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^c Tropical Diseases Research Centre Ndola   (Zambia)

^d UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Zambia)

Author keywords

Childbearing women; Educational attainment; HIV; Prevalence; Socio economic status; Trends; Zambia

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BLOOD SAMPLING; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERVIEW; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SOCIAL ASPECT; URBAN AREA; ZAMBIA;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AFRICA; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AGE FACTORS--WOMEN; CROSS SECTIONAL ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASES; EASTERN AFRICA; ECONOMIC FACTORS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS--WOMEN; ENGLISH SPEAKING AFRICA; HIV INFECTIONS--WOMEN; MEASUREMENT; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; PREGNANT WOMEN; PREVALENCE--CHANGES; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; VIRAL DISEASES; ZAMBIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; PREVALENCE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; ZAMBIA;

EID: 0031017253     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002030-199703110-00012     Document Type: Article

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