Continued very high prevalence of HIV infection in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: A population-based longitudinal study

AIDS

Volumn 21, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1467-1472

  Welz, Tanya ^a,b,f   Hosegood, Victoria ^a,c   Jaffar, Shabbar ^c   Bätzing Feigenbaum, Jörg ^a,d   Herbst, Kobus ^a   Newell, Marie Louise ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f AFRICA HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; HIV; Migration; Population based surveys; Rural population; South Africa

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RATE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIGRATION; MOBILIZATION; MONITORING; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENT; RURAL POPULATION; SERODIAGNOSIS; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOUTH AFRICA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 34250875797     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAD.0b013e3280ef6af2     Document Type: Article

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