Injection risks and HIV transmission in the Republic of South Africa

International Journal of STD and AIDS

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 816-819

  Reid, S ^a   Van Niekerk, A A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Africa; Children; HIV; Injection drug users; Nosocomial

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

BREAST FEEDING; DENTAL CLINIC; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DISPOSABLE EQUIPMENT; DRUG USE; EDUCATION PROGRAM; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; EPIDEMIC; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNIZATION; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; INJECTION; MATERNITY WARD; MEDICAL ETHICS; NEEDLE; NEEDLESTICK INJURY; NEGLIGENCE; PEDIATRIC WARD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; REVIEW; SANITATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; SEXUALITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOUTH AFRICA; SYRINGE; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS INFECTION; EQUIPMENT REUSE; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION; INJECTIONS; MALE; SOUTH AFRICA; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; SYRINGES;

EID: 74049097110     PISSN: 09564624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/ijsa.2009.009230     Document Type: Review

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