Adjusting HIV prevalence for survey non-response using mortality rates: An application of the method using surveillance data from rural south africa

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 8, 2010, Pages

  Nyirenda, Makandwe ^a   Zaba, Basia ^c   Bärnighausen, Till ^a,b   Hosegood, Victoria ^a,c   Newell, Marie Louise ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

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

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BIOSTATISTICS; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MORTALITY; NONRESPONSE BIAS; PREVALENCE; RURAL AREA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOUTH AFRICA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; RURAL POPULATION; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOUTH AFRICA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77957883704     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0012370     Document Type: Article

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