Comparison of HIV prevalences in community-based and antenatal clinic surveys in rural Mwanza, Tanzania

AIDS

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 661-665

  Changalucha, John ^a   Grosskurth, Heiner ^a   Mwita, Wambura ^a   Todd, James ^a   Ross, David ^a   Mayaud, Philippe ^a   Mahamoud, Abdul ^a   Klokke, Arnoud ^a   Mosha, Frank ^a   Hayes, Richard ^a   Mabey, David ^a  

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

Author keywords

Africa; Antenatal; HIV; Prevalence; Rural; Sentinel surveillance

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; TANZANIA; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; TANZANIA;

EID: 0037040367     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002030-200203080-00019     Document Type: Article

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