HIV incidence estimates are key to understanding the changing HIV epidemic in South Africa

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 190-

  Abdool Karim, Salim S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN P24; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS VACCINE;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE DURATION; EDITORIAL; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIC; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INCIDENCE; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; LABORATORY TEST; MORTALITY; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREGNANT WOMAN; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEROCONVERSION; SOUTH AFRICA; STATISTICAL MODEL; TREND STUDY;

DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; PREVALENCE; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 33947412803     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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