Heterogeneous and decreasing HIV prevalence among women seeking antenatal care in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1066-1073

  Behets, Frieda ^a,b   Edmonds, Andrew ^a   Kitenge, François ^c   Crabbé, François ^d   Laga, Marie ^d  

^a IL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KINSHASA   (Congo)

^d INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Antenatal service delivery; Democratic Republic of Congo; HIV seroprevalance; HIV surveillance; Prevention of mother to child HIV transmission; Time trends

Indexed keywords

DISEASE PREVALENCE; GEOGRAPHICAL REGION; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; LINEARITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PREGNANCY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WOMENS HEALTH;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONGO; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL CARE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREND STUDY; URBAN AREA;

AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SEROPREVALENCE; HUMANS; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PRENATAL CARE;

DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC CONGO; KINSHASA; VILLE DE KINSHASA;

EID: 77956299909     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyq060     Document Type: Article

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