Religious and cultural traits in HIV/AIDS epidemics in sub-saharan Africa

Archives of Iranian Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 486-497

  Velayati, Ali Akbar ^a   Bakayev, Valerii ^a   Bahadori, Moslem ^a   Tabatabaei, Seyed Javad ^a   Alaei, Arash ^a   Farahbood, Amir ^a   Masjedi, Mohammad Reza ^a  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Acquired immune deficiency syndrome; Colonial past; Human immunodeficiency virus; Religion

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ANGOLA; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; BENIN; BOTSWANA; BURKINA FASO; BURUNDI; CAMEROON; CHAD; CHRISTIAN; CONGO; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; COTE D'IVOIRE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC CONGO; DJIBOUTI; EPIDEMIC; ERITREA; FRANCE; GABON; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GHANA; GUINEA; GUINEA-BISSAU; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; INFECTION RATE; ITALY; KENYA; LESOTHO; LIBERIA; MALAWI; MALI; MAURITANIA; MOSLEM; NIGER; NIGERIA; PORTUGAL; PREDICTION; RELIGION; RISK FACTOR; RWANDA; SENEGAL; SEROPREVALENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SIERRA LEONE; SOMALIA; SOUTH AFRICA; SWAZILAND; TOGO; UGANDA; UNITED KINGDOM; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ZAMBIA; ZIMBABWE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; CULTURE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HIV; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; RELIGION; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; VIRAL LOAD;

EID: 35548931115     PISSN: 10292977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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