Factors influencing the difference in HIV prevalence between antenatal clinic and general population in sub-saharan Africa

AIDS

Volumn 15, Issue 13, 2001, Pages 1717-1725

  Glynn, Judith R ^a   Buvé, Anne ^b   Caraël, Michel ^c   Musonda, Rosemary M ^d   Kahindo, Maina ^e   Macauley, Isaac ^f   Tembo, Francis ^d   Zekeng, Léopold ^g  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^c UNAIDS   (Switzerland)

^d Tropical Diseases Research Centre   (Zambia)

^e FAMILY HEALTH INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^f MINISTRY OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Cameroon)

^g London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine ^*

Author keywords

Africa; HIV prevalence; Measurement bias; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

ABRECIA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CAMEROON; CONTRACEPTION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INFECTION RISK; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; PARITY; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL; ZAMBIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PRENATAL CARE; PREVALENCE; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE;

EID: 0035822986     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002030-200109070-00016     Document Type: Article

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