Sexual network structure and the spread of HIV in Africa: Evidence from Likoma Island, Malawi

AIDS

Volumn 21, Issue 17, 2007, Pages 2323-2332

  Helleringer, Stéphane ^a   Kohler, Hans Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

HIV risk factors; HIV transmission; Malawi; Sexual behavior; Sexual networks

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ADULT; AFRICA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INFECTION RISK; MALAWI; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HIV; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALAWI; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREVALENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNSAFE SEX;

EID: 37349121390     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAD.0b013e328285df98     Document Type: Article

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