Adjusting HIV prevalence data from a program for the prevention of mother-to-child transmission for surveillance purposes in Uganda

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 328-331

  Fabiani, Massimo ^a   Yoti, Zabulon ^b   Nattabi, Barbara ^b   Ayella, Emintone O ^b   Opio, Alex A ^c   Musinguzi, Joshua ^c   García Calleja, Jesús M ^d   Declich, Silvia ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b St Mary's Hospital Lacor Uganda   (Uganda)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Uganda)

^d WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

HIV prevalence; Pregnant women; Prevention of mother to child transmission; Sentinel surveillance; Uganda; Voluntary counseling and testing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOTHER; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRENATAL CARE; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UGANDA;

ADULT; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREVALENCE; TREATMENT REFUSAL; UGANDA;

EID: 37349075405     PISSN: 15254135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAI.0b013e31815724e7     Document Type: Article

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