HIV-1 epidemic trends in rural south-west Uganda over a 10-year period

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1047-1052

  Whitworth, J A G ^a,b   Mahe, C ^a   Mbulaiteye, S M ^a   Nakiyingi, J ^a   Ruberantwari, A ^a   Ojwiya, A ^a   Kamali, A ^a  

^a UGANDA VIRUS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Uganda)

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

Author keywords

Cohort study; Epidemiology; HIV 1; Incidence; Prevalence; Uganda

Indexed keywords

COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE PREVALENCE; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; RURAL POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATION; PATIENT EDUCATION; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RURAL POPULATION; UGANDA; AGE DISTRIBUTION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS;

UGANDA;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; RNA VIRUSES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SEROPREVALENCE; HIV-1; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DISTRIBUTION; UGANDA;

EID: 0036887231     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.2002.00973.x     Document Type: Article

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