HIV prevalence among prison inmates in a central prison in southern Malawi, 2005

Tropical Doctor

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 226-228

  Chimphambano, C ^a   Komolafe, O O ^a   Muula, A S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAWI; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRISONER; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BLOOD; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; IMMUNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; VIROLOGY;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV ANTIBODIES; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; MALAWI; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRISONERS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 38449119641     PISSN: 00494755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/004947507782333189     Document Type: Article

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