Does selected ecological evidence give a true picture of HIV transmission in Africa?

International Journal of STD and AIDS

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 434-439

  Gisselquist, David ^a   Potterat, John J ^a   Brody, Stuart ^b   Minkin, Stephen F ^c  

^a University of Tübingen ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c Network for Infection Prevention   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; HIV epidemiology; Iatrogenic transmission; Risk factors; Sexual transmission

Indexed keywords

INJECTABLE CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AFRICA; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; ECOLOGY; EPIDEMIC; GENETIC LINKAGE; GEOGRAPHIC AND GEOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INCIDENCE; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 3242692345     PISSN: 09564624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/0956462041211144     Document Type: Review

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