Risk factors for HIV/AIDS in a low HIV prevalence site of sub-Saharan Africa

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 12, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1011-1017

  Croce, Francesco ^a   Fedeli, Paolo ^a   Dahoma, Mohamed ^b   Dehò, Lorenzo ^a   Ramsan, Mahdi ^c   Adorni, Fulvio ^d   Corvasce, Stefano ^a   Galli, Massimo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b Ministry of Health Zanzibar   (Tanzania)

^c Public Health Laboratory Ivo de Carneri   (Tanzania)

^d INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES   (Italy)

Author keywords

Africa; Blood borne pathogens; Health care exposure; HIV; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; HEALTH RISK; HEPATITIS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; PARASITE PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; CHILD; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS 1; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS 2; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; CHILD; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HIV-2; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; TANZANIA;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA; ZANZIBAR ISLAND;

HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN T-LYMPHOTROPIC VIRUS 1;

EID: 34548674689     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2007.01880.x     Document Type: Article

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