Predicting the epidemiological impact of antiretroviral allocation strategies in KwaZulu-Natal: The effect of the urban-rural divide

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 103, Issue 38, 2006, Pages 14228-14233

  Wilson, David P ^a,c   Kahn, James ^b   Blower, Sally M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antiretroviral therapy rationing; Epidemiology; HIV; South Africa

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; DEATH; DECISION MAKING; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RURAL AREA; SOUTH AFRICA; TREATMENT PLANNING; URBAN AREA; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE;

ANTI-RETROVIRAL AGENTS; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH PLANNING; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MATHEMATICS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SOUTH AFRICA; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 33749003445     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0509689103     Document Type: Article

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