The evidence for health-care transmission of HIV in Africa should determine prevention priorities

International Journal of STD and AIDS

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 290-291

  Deuchert, Eva ^a   Brody, Stuart ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TETANUS TOXOID;

AFRICA; CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ETHNICITY; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; LETTER; MARRIAGE; NEWBORN TETANUS; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUALITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TETANUS PROPHYLAXIS; CONDOM; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; INJECTION; KENYA; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NOTE; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

CONDOMS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, HORIZONTAL; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; KENYA; MALE; TETANUS TOXOID;

EID: 34250626810     PISSN: 09564624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/095646207780658881     Document Type: Letter

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