Can data from programs for the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV be used for HIV surveillance in Kenya?

Public Health Reports

Volumn 121, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 695-702

  Seguy, Nicole ^a   Hladik, Wolfgang ^a   Munyisia, Esther ^b   Bolu, Omotayo ^a   Marum, Larry H ^b,c   Diaz, Theresa ^a,c  

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

^b Kenya National AIDS and STI Control Programme   (Kenya)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; KENYA; MULTIPARA; NONHUMAN; NULLIPARA; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRENATAL CARE; RISK;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; KENYA; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PRENATAL CARE;

EID: 33847042773     PISSN: 00333549     EISSN: 14682877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/003335490612100609     Document Type: Article

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