HIV seroprevalence surveys in Nigerien pregnant women: a comparison between 2002 and 2006

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 101, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1101-1105

  Tohon, Z ^a   Mamadou, S ^a,b   Mainassara, H Boubacar ^a   Boukary, R Moustapha ^a   Lagare, A ^a   Ali Maazou, A Roufaï ^a   Izamne, M ^a   Chanteau, S ^a  

^a Centre de Recherche Medicale et Sanitaire Niamey   (Niger)

^b UNIVERSITÉ ABDOU MOUMOUNI   (Niger)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; HIV; Niger; Pregnant women; Prevalence; Seroprevalence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NIGERIA; PATIENT MONITORING; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREGNANT WOMAN; SERODIAGNOSIS; TREND STUDY; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SEROPREVALENCE; HUMANS; NIGER; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

EID: 34548826800     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2007.06.002     Document Type: Article

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