Estimating HIV incidence in voluntary counseling and testing clients in Uganda (1992-2003)

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 99-105

  Baryarama, Fulgentius ^a,d   Bunnell, Rebecca ^a   McFarland, Willi ^b   Hudes, Esther S ^b   Neilands, Torsten B ^b   Ransom, Raymond L ^a   Mubangizi, Jotham ^c   Hitimana Lukanika, Charles ^c   Mermin, Jonathan H ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c AIDS Information Centre   (Uganda)

^d UGANDA VIRUS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Uganda)

Author keywords

Birth year cohorts; HIV incidence; Surveillance; Uganda; Voluntary counseling and testing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UGANDA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIDS SERODIAGNOSIS; COHORT STUDIES; COUNSELING; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; UGANDA;

EID: 33845992931     PISSN: 15254135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.qai.0000245879.36015.54     Document Type: Article

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