Low and stable HIV infection rates in Senegal: Natural course of the epidemic or evidence for success of prevention?

AIDS

Volumn 13, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1397-1405

  Meda, Nicolas ^a,h,i   Ndoye, Ibra ^a,b   M'Boup, Souleymane ^a,b,c,d   Wade, Alpha ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Ndiaye, Sauf ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g}   Niang, Cheikh ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h}   Sarr, Fatou ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h}   Diop, Idrissa ^a,b   Caraë, Michel ^a  

^a CENTRE MURAZ   (Burkina Faso)

^b Ministry of Health   (Senegal)

^c UNIVERSITÉ CHEIKH ANTA DIOP   (Senegal)

^d Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Aristide Le Dantec de Dakar   (Senegal)

^e SERDHA Group   (Senegal)

^f ENDA Tiers Monde   (Senegal)

^g HYGEA Group   (Senegal)

^h UNAIDS   (Switzerland)

ⁱ Centre Muraz   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Africa; AIDS prevention programmes; Epidemiology; HIV; Senegal; Sexual behaviour

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHILD; CONDOM; DISEASE COURSE; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION CONTROL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTITUTION; SENEGAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; URBAN AREA;

CONDOMS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; SENEGAL; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0032842132     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002030-199907300-00018     Document Type: Article

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