HIV-malaria co-infection: Effects of malaria on the prevalence of HIV in East sub-Saharan Africa

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 931-939

  Cuadros, Diego F ^a   Branscum, Adam J ^b   Crowley, Philip H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; Eastern; HIV; Malaria; Plasmodium falciparum

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL FACTOR;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; DISEASE INCIDENCE; DISEASE PREVALENCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; MALARIA; RISK FACTOR; SAMPLING; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; COINFECTION; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALARIA; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 80051616486     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyq256     Document Type: Article

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