Routine reporting or sentinel surveys for HIV/AIDS surveillance in resource-poor settings: Experience in South Africa, 1991-97

International Journal of STD and AIDS

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 328-330

  Stuart, James M ^a,c   Irlam, James H ^a   Wilkinson, David ^b  

^a KwaZulu Dept of Hlth AIDS Prog   (South Africa)

^b SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^c GLOUCESTERSHIRE ROYAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Africa; AIDS surveillance; Disease reporting

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTH AFRICA;

ADULT; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SEROPREVALENCE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; REGISTRIES; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; SOUTH AFRICA; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 0032954549     PISSN: 09564624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/0956462991914203     Document Type: Article

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