Hiv infection in older adults in sub-Saharan Africa: Extrapolating prevalence from existing data

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 88, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 847-853

  Negin, Joel ^a   Cumming, Robert G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE PREVALENCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HEALTH RISK; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AGE; AGING; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REVIEW; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AGE FACTORS; AGING; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

EID: 78149261181     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: 15640604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2471/BLT.10.076349     Document Type: Review

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