Increased prevalence of retrovirus infections among older women in Africa

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 459-466

  Holmgren, Birgitta ^a,b   Aaby, Peter ^a,b   Jensen, Henrik ^a,b   Larsen, Olav ^a,b   Da Silva, Zacarias ^c   Lisse, Ida M ^a  

^a Projecto de Saúde de Bandim ^*  (Guinea-Bissau)

^b DEPARTMENT OF EPIDEMIOLOGY RESEARCH   (Denmark)

^c MINSAP   (Guinea-Bissau)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 2; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS 1; INCIDENCE; MALE; MORTALITY; ONSET AGE; POPULATION EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; RETROVIRUS INFECTION; RISK; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AFRICA; AGE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HIV-2; HUMAN T-LYMPHOTROPIC VIRUS 1; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RETROVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0032722503     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365549950163978     Document Type: Article

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