Horizontally-acquired HIV infection in Kenyan and Swazi children

International Journal of STD and AIDS

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 852-857

  Okinyi, M ^a   Brewer, D D ^b   Potterat, J J ^c  

^a Safe Healthcare Africa   (Kenya)

^b Interdisciplinary Scientific Research   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Africa; HIV; Iatrogenic disease; Matched sibling case control study

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; BCG VACCINE; DIPHTHERIA PERTUSSIS TETANUS VACCINE; HEPATITIS B VACCINE; MEASLES VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DENTAL SURGERY; DIPHTHERIA; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SURVEY; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFUSION; INJECTION; INSTRUMENT STERILIZATION; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; MEASLES; MOTHER; PERTUSSIS; PHLEBOTOMY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SIBLING; SWAZILAND; TETANUS; TUBERCULOSIS; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADOLESCENT; BLOOD-BORNE PATHOGENS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, INFECTIOUS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; IATROGENIC DISEASE; KENYA; MALE; SIBLINGS; SWAZILAND;

EID: 74049093100     PISSN: 09564624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/ijsa.2009.009204     Document Type: Article

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