HIV prevalence in 72 000 urban and rural male army recruits, Ethiopia, 1999-2000

Ethiopian Medical Journal

Volumn 41, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2003, Pages 25-30

  Abebe, Yigeremu ^a   Schaap, Ab ^b   Mamo, Girmatchew ^a   Negussie, Asheber ^a   Darimo, Birke ^a   Wolday, Dawit ^b   Sanders, Eduard J ^b  

^a ETHIOPIAN PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Ethiopia)

^b Ethio Netherlands AIDS Research Project ENARP   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Africa; Army; Ethiopia; HIV AIDS; Population based surveillance; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHIOPIA; HEALTH; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; MALE; RISK FACTOR; SOLDIER; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHIOPIA; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HIV SEROPREVALENCE; HUMANS; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; RISK FACTORS; RURAL HEALTH; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 3543070468     PISSN: 00141755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.aids.0000072651.21517.1f     Document Type: Article

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