Declining HIV prevalence among young pregnant women in Lusaka, Zambia

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 86, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 697-702

  Stringer, Elizabeth M ^a   Chintu, Namwinga T ^b   Levy, Jens W ^c   Sinkala, Moses ^d   Chi, Benjamin H ^a   Muyanga, Jubra ^e   Bulterys, Marc ^f   Bweupe, Maximilian ^g   Megazzini, Karen ^h   Stringer, Jeffrey S A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b CENTRE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE RESEARCH IN ZAMBIA   (Zambia)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^d Catholic Medical Mission Board   (Zambia)

^e UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Zambia)

^f Yuxi City Center for Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

^g MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Zambia)

^h WESTAT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRTH RATE; BLOOD; HEALTH IMPACT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; PREGNANCY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH; DELIVERY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL CARE; SEROPREVALENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; ZAMBIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; HIV SEROPREVALENCE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREVALENCE; YOUNG ADULT; ZAMBIA;

AFRICA; LUSAKA [ZAMBIA]; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; ZAMBIA;

EID: 51249110851     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: 15640604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2471/BLT.07.045260     Document Type: Article

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