Provisional country estimates of prevalent adult human immunodeficiency virus infections as of end 1994: A description of the methods

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 101-107

  Burton, Anthony H ^a   Mertens, Thierry E ^a  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

AIDS; Estimation methods; HIV; HIV estimates by country; Prevalence estimate

Indexed keywords

DISEASE DISTRIBUTION; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; HIV; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; WHO;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; ARTICLE; ASIA; DATA ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METHODOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ASIA; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASES; ESTIMATION TECHNICS; HIV INFECTIONS--STATISTICS; INDIA; INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES; MEASUREMENT; ORGANIZATIONS; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; PREVALENCE; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; SOUTHERN ASIA; UN; VIRAL DISEASES; WHO; WORLD;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; DATA COLLECTION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SEROPREVALENCE; HUMANS; INDIA; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVAL RATE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

EID: 0031888696     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/27.1.101     Document Type: Article

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