Individual level injection history: A lack of association with HIV incidence in rural Zimbabwe

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue , 2005, Pages 0142-0146

  Lopman, Ben A ^a   Garnett, Geoff P ^a   Mason, Peter R ^b   Gregson, Simon ^a,b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH AND TRAINING INSTITUTE   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG INJECTION VOLUME; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SEX RATIO; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; INCIDENCE; INJECTION; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; ZIMBABWE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INJECTIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 15744394808     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0020037     Document Type: Article

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