Estimates of HIV prevalence in a highly endemic area of China: Dehong Prefecture, Yunnan Province

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1287-1296

  Jia, Yujiang ^a   Sun, Jiangping ^b   Fan, Lu ^b   Song, Duan ^c   Tian, Shuming ^d   Yang, Yuecheng ^c   Jia, Manhong ^e   Lu, Lin ^e   Sun, Xinhua ^f   Zhang, Sanguo ^g   Kulczycki, Andrzej ^h   Vermund, Sten H ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^c Dehong Prefecture Center for Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

^d Dehong Prefecture Health Bureau   (China)

^e YUNNAN PROVINCIAL CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^f BEIJING HOSPITAL   (China)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^h UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

AIDS; China; Estimation; HIV; Model; Substance abuse

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; DISEASE PREVALENCE; DRUG USER; ENDEMISM; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG TRAFFIC; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INFANT; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTITUTION; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; DATA COLLECTION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PREVALENCE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; YUNNAN;

EID: 53249096242     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyn196     Document Type: Article

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