HIV antibody seroprevalence in the emergency department at Port Moresby General Hospital, Papua New Guinea

EMA - Emergency Medicine Australasia

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 359-362

  Curry, Chris ^a,c   Bunungam, Paul ^d   Annerud, Carolyn ^b,c   Babona, Diro ^d  

^a FREMANTLE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PAPUA NEW GUINEA   (Papua New Guinea)

^d PORT MORESBY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Papua New Guinea)

Author keywords

Emergency medicine; Epidemic; HIV AIDS; Papua New Guinea; Public health

Indexed keywords

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; MALE; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SCHOOL CHILD;

EID: 28544442575     PISSN: 17426731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-6723.2005.00757.x     Document Type: Article

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