HIV incidence and poverty in Manicaland, Zimbabwe: Is HIV becoming a disease of the poor?

AIDS

Volumn 21, Issue SUPPL. 7, 2007, Pages

  Lopman, Ben ^a   Lewis, James ^b   Nyamukapa, Constance ^a,c   Mushati, Phyllis ^c   Chandiwana, Steven ^c,d   Gregson, Simon ^a,c  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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

^c BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH AND TRAINING INSTITUTE   (Zimbabwe)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Africa; AIDS; HIV; Poverty; Socioeconomic development; Zimbabwe

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; ZIMBABWE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; POVERTY; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 36448996613     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.aids.0000300536.82354.52     Document Type: Conference Paper

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