HIV morbidity and mortality in Jamaica: analysis of national surveillance data, 1993-2005

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 132-138

  Losina, Elena ^a,b   Figueroa, Peter ^c   Duncan, Jacqueline ^c   Divi, Nomita ^a   Wolf, Lindsey L ^a   Hirschhorn, Lisa R ^d   Robertson, Minnette ^c   Harvey, Kevin ^c   Whorms, Sheldon ^c   Freedberg, Kenneth A ^a,b,d   Gebre, Yitades ^e  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c Ministry of Health   (Jamaica)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e Caicos Country Office   (Bahamas)

Author keywords

AIDS; Caribbean; HIV; Jamaica; Morbidity; Mortality

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; JAMAICA; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; SENESCENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; ANTI-HIV AGENTS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV LONG-TERM SURVIVORS; HUMANS; JAMAICA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK FACTORS; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 39049135308     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2007.05.002     Document Type: Article

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