Use of antenatal clinic surveillance to assess the effect of sexual behavior on HIV prevalence in young women in Karonga District, Malawi

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 196-202

  Crampin, Amelia Catharine ^a,b   Jahn, Andreas ^a   Kondowe, Masiya ^a   Ngwira, Bagrey M ^a   Hemmings, Joanne ^b   Glynn, Judith R ^b   Floyd, Sian ^b   Fine, Paul E ^b   Zaba, Basia ^b  

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

^b KARONGA PREVENTION STUDY   (Malawi)

Author keywords

Antenatal clinic; HIV; Malawi; Sexual behavior; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INCIDENCE; MALAWI; MARRIAGE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; PRENATAL CARE; PREVALENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALAWI; PRENATAL CARE; PREVALENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 46449089819     PISSN: 15254135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAI.0b013e31817236c4     Document Type: Article

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