A neglected relationship: Iatrogenic transmission of HIV in Africa;Les liaisons négligées: Transmissions iatrogènes du VIH en Afrique

Presse Medicale

Volumn 32, Issue 26, 2003, Pages 1205-1207

  Vachon, François ^b   Gisselquist, David ^b   Potterat, John J ^b   Rothenberg, Richard ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B; HETEROSEXUALITY; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INJECTION; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; NOTE; RISK FACTOR; SYRINGE; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

AFRICA; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; EQUIPMENT REUSE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0043031441     PISSN: 07554982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

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