Trends in HIV & syphilis prevalence and correlates of HIV infection: Results from cross-sectional surveys among women attending ante-natal clinics in Northern Tanzania

BMC Public Health

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Kumogola, Yusufu ^a   Slaymaker, Emma ^b   Zaba, Basia ^a,b   Mngara, Julius ^a   Isingo, Raphael ^a   Changalucha, John ^a   Mwidunda, Patrick ^c   Kimaro, Daniel ^d   Urassa, Mark ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Tanzania)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c Magu District Council   (Tanzania)

^d City Health Department   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; SYPHILIS; TANZANIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; SYPHILIS; TANZANIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956491696     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-10-553     Document Type: Article

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