HIV incidence and HIV-associated mortality in a cohort of factory workers and their spouses in Tanzania, 1991 through 1996

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 194-202

  Senkoro, Kesheni P ^a   Boerma, J Ties ^b,d   Klokke, Arnoud H ^c   Ng'weshemi, Japheth Z L ^d   Muro, A S ^a   Gabone, Reveranius ^a   Borgdorff, Martien W ^e  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Tanzania)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL   (United States)

^c Bugando Medical Centre   (Tanzania)

^d TANESA Project   (Tanzania)

^e KNCV TUBERCULOSIS FOUNDATION   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Africa; Cohort studies; Discordant couples; HIV; Incidence; Mortality; Seroconversion; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICA; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEROCONVERSION;

EID: 0034144151     PISSN: 15254135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00126334-200002010-00012     Document Type: Article

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