Nine-year trends in HIV-1 prevalence among visa applicants in Urban Ethiopia

Ethiopian Medical Journal

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 41-47

  Tegbaru, Belete ^a   Meless, Hailu ^b   Kume, Abera ^c   Messele, Tsehaynesh ^a   Hailu, Ayele ^d   Mekonnen, Yared ^b   Fontanet, Arnaud L ^b,e  

^a ETHIOPIAN PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Ethiopia)

^b Ethio Netherlands AIDS Research Project ENARP   (Ethiopia)

^c ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^d Region 14 Regional Referral HIV 1 Laboratory   (Ethiopia)

^e MUNICIPAL HEALTH SERVICE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; IMMUNOLOGY; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS; TIME; TRAVEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HIV ANTIBODIES; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SEROPREVALENCE; HIV-1; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TIME FACTORS; TRAVEL; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 20644446259     PISSN: 00141755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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