The quality of sero-surveillance in low- and middle-income countries: Status and trends through 2007

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 84, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2008, Pages

  Lyerla, Rob ^a   Gouws, E ^a   Garcia Calleja, J M ^b  

^a UNAIDS   (Switzerland)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROPREVALENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DATA COLLECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SEROPREVALENCE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 49149108864     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sti.2008.030593     Document Type: Article

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