Effect of the worldwide epidemic on HIV prevalence in the United Kingdom: Record linkage in anonymous neonatal seroprevalence surveys

AIDS

Volumn 13, Issue 17, 1999, Pages 2437-2443

  Ades, A E ^a,c   Walker, Jane ^a,b   Botting, Beverley ^a,b   Parker, Simon ^a,b,c   Cubitt, David ^a,b,c   Jones, Richard ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Virology ^*

^c Great Ormond Street Hospital NHS Trust   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anonymous survey; HIV; Neonatal seroprevalence; Record linkage; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ARTICLE; BIRTH CERTIFICATE; CENTRAL AFRICA; ETHNIC GROUP; FATHER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; IMMIGRANT; MOTHER; NEWBORN INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROPREVALENCE; SOUTH ASIA; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0032762616     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002030-199912030-00016     Document Type: Article

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