HIV prevalence and incidence in rural Tanzania: Results from 10 years of follow-up in an open-cohort study

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 616-623

  Wambura, Mwita ^a,d   Urassa, Mark ^a   Isingo, Raphael ^a   Ndege, Milalu ^a   Marston, Milly ^b   Slaymaker, Emma ^b   Mngara, Julius ^a   Changalucha, John ^a   Boerma, Ties J ^c   Zaba, Basia ^b  

^a National Institute for Medical Research (Mwanza Branch)   (Tanzania)

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

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

HIV incidence; HIV prevalence; HIV trend; Measurement biases; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SEROLOGY; TANZANIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TANZANIA;

EID: 36549011833     PISSN: 15254135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAI.0b013e31815a571a     Document Type: Article

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