Can migrants from high-endemic countries cause new HIV outbreaks among heterosexuals in low-endemic countries?

AIDS

Volumn 24, Issue 13, 2010, Pages 2081-2088

  Xiridou, Maria ^a   Van Veen, Maaike ^a   Coutinho, Roel ^a,b   Prins, Maria ^b,c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c MUNICIPAL HEALTH SERVICE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Antiretroviral therapy; heterosexuals; HIV; mathematical model; migrants; risk behaviour; sexual

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

AFRICAN CARIBBEAN; ANTIVIRAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; EPIDEMIC; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MIGRATION; NETHERLANDS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADULT; AFRICA; CARIBBEAN REGION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NETHERLANDS; PREVALENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS;

EID: 77955427570     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: 14735571     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAD.0b013e32833a6071     Document Type: Article

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