Estimates of HIV incidence from household-based prevalence surveys

AIDS

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 147-152

  Hallett, Timothy B ^a   Stover, John ^b   Mishra, Vinod ^c   Ghys, Peter D ^d   Gregson, Simon ^a,e   Boerma, Ties ^f  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b AVENIR HEALTH   (United States)

^c MACRO INTERNATIONAL INC   (United States)

^d UNAIDS   (Switzerland)

^e Biomedical Research and Training Institute   (Zambia)

^f WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Household surveys; Incidence; Prevalence; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALI; NIGER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; TANZANIA; ZAMBIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; NIGER; PREVALENCE; TANZANIA; YOUNG ADULT; ZAMBIA;

EID: 73649133640     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: 14735571     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAD.0b013e32833062dc     Document Type: Article

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