Estimate of HIV prevalence in pregnant women by means of spatial analysis in Southern Brazil

Revista de Saude Publica

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 928-930

  Barcellos, Christovam ^a   Acosta, Lisiane Morelia Weide ^b   Lisboa, Eugênio Pedroso ^b   Brito, Maria Regina Varnieri ^b   Flores, Rui ^b  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b Centro Estadual de Vigilância em Saúde CEVS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Disease transmission, vertical, prevention control; HIV; Prevalence; Residence characteristics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HEALTH; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; LIVE BIRTH; METHODOLOGY; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREVALENCE; STATISTICS; TOPOGRAPHY;

BRAZIL; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SEROPREVALENCE; HUMANS; LIVE BIRTH; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREVALENCE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TOPOGRAPHY, MEDICAL; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 34247148158     PISSN: 00348910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0034-89102006000600025     Document Type: Article

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