HIV surveillance and epidemic profile in the Middle East and North Africa

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes

Volumn 51, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2009, Pages

  Shawky, Sherine ^a   Soliman, Cherif ^b   Kassak, Kassem M ^c   Oraby, Doaa ^b   El Khoury, Danielle ^c   Kabore, Inoussa ^b  

^a Social Research Center of the American University in Cairo   (Egypt)

^b FAMILY HEALTH INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^c AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

HIV; Middle East and North Africa; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; CONDOM; CULTURAL FACTOR; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH PROGRAM; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INFECTION RISK; MIDDLE EAST; NORTH AFRICA; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AFRICA, NORTHERN; AGE DISTRIBUTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE EAST; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 67749094909     PISSN: 15254135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAI.0b013e3181aafd3f     Document Type: Review

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