A network-level explanation for the differences in HIV prevalence in South Africa's racial groups

African Journal of AIDS Research

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 243-254

  Kenyon, Chris ^a   Dlamini, Sipho ^a   Boulle, Andrew ^a   White, Richard G ^b   Badri, Motasim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

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

Author keywords

Concurrency; Epidemiology; Ethnicity; HIV AIDS; Race; Social networks; Survey

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CONTRACEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIC; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; PATIENT ATTITUDE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK FACTOR; SEXUALITY; SOUTH AFRICA; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 73449086704     PISSN: 16085906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2989/AJAR.2009.8.3.1.922     Document Type: Article

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