Declining HIV-2 prevalence and incidence among men in a community study from Guinea-Bissau

AIDS

Volumn 12, Issue 13, 1998, Pages 1707-1714

  Larsen, Olav ^a,b   Da Silva, Zacharias ^a   Sandström, Anita ^a   Andersen, Per K ^b   Andersson, Sören ^c   Poulsen, Anne Grethe ^b   Melbye, Mads ^b   Dias, Francisco ^a   Nauclér, Anders ^a   Aaby, Peter ^a,b  

^a Ministry of Health   (Guinea-Bissau)

^b DEPARTMENT OF EPIDEMIOLOGY RESEARCH   (Denmark)

^c SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Guinea Bissau; HIV 2; HIV 2 incidence; HIV 2 prevalence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GUINEA-BISSAU; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 2; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; GUINEA-BISSAU; HIV SERONEGATIVITY; HIV SEROPREVALENCE; HIV-1; HIV-2; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 7344260222     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002030-199813000-00020     Document Type: Article

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