Socio-demographic characteristics associated with HIV and syphilis seroreactivity among pregnant women in Blantyre, Malawi, 2000-2004

Malawi Medical Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 80-85

  Kwiek, Jesse J ^a,e   Mwapasa, Victor ^b   Alker, Alisa P ^a   Muula, Adamson S ^a,b   Misiri, Humphreys E ^b   Molyneux, Malcolm E ^b,c   Rogerson, Stephen J ^d   Behets, Frieda M ^a   Meshnick, Steven R ^a  

^a IL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

^c LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^e OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEMAGGLUTINATION TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; IMMUNOLOGY; MALAWI; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; SYPHILIS; SYPHILIS SEROLOGY;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEMAGGLUTINATION TESTS; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HIV SEROPREVALENCE; HIV-1; HUMANS; MALAWI; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SYPHILIS; SYPHILIS SERODIAGNOSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 61949373306     PISSN: 19957262     EISSN: 19957270     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/mmj.v20i3.10965     Document Type: Article

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