Age- and sex-specific HIV-1 prevalence in the urban community setting of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

AIDS

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 315-322

  Fontanet, Arnaud L ^a,e   Messele, Tsehaynesh ^a   Dejene, Amare ^b   Enquselassie, Fikre ^c   Abebe, Almaz ^a   Cutts, Felicity T ^d   De Wit, Tobias Rinke ^a   Sahlu, Tefera ^a   Bindels, Patrick ^e   Yeneneh, Hailu ^a   Coutinho, Roel A ^e   Nokes, D James ^f  

^a Ethiopian Netherlands AIDS Res P   (Ethiopia)

^b ETHIOPIAN PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Ethiopia)

^c ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^d LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^e MUNICIPAL HEALTH SERVICE   (Netherlands)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Africa; Age specific seroprevalence; Ethiopia; HIV 1; Population surveillance

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 6844226200     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002030-199803000-00010     Document Type: Article

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