The most severe HIV epidemic in Europe: Ukraine's national HIV prevalence estimates for 2007

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 84, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2008, Pages

  Kruglov, Yuriy V ^a,e   Kobyshcha, Y V ^b   Salyuk, T ^c   Varetska, O ^c   Shakarishvili, A ^d   Saldanha, V P ^d  

^a Research Institute of Medico Ecological Problems   (Ukraine)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^c International HIV/AIDS Alliance ^*  (Ukraine)

^d Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS   (Ukraine)

^e Ukrainian AIDS Centre   (Ukraine)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DRUG ABUSE; EPIDEMIC; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UKRAINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROSTITUTION; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; UKRAINE; UNSAFE SEX;

EID: 49049114280     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sti.2008.031195     Document Type: Article

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