Interest of LQAS method in a survey of HTLV-I infection in Benin (West Africa)

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 192-196

  Houinato, Dismand ^a,b   Preux, Pierre Marie ^a,c   Charriere, Bénédicte ^d   Massit, Bruno ^e   Avodé, Gilbert ^a,b   Denis, François ^d   Dumas, Michel ^a   Boutros Toni, Fernand ^a,c   Salamon, Roger ^f  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LIMOGES   (France)

^b School of Medicine   (Benin)

^c School of Medicine   (France)

^d DUPUYTREN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^e Ministry of Public Health   (Benin)

^f INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Africa; Benin; HTLV I; LQAS; Prevalence; Retrovirus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BENIN; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS 1; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS INFECTION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING; SEROPREVALENCE; TECHNIQUE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BENIN; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HTLV-I INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; SAMPLE SIZE; SAMPLING STUDIES;

EID: 0036140902     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0895-4356(01)00463-2     Document Type: Article

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