The HIV epidemic in Papua New Guinea

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Coghlan, Ben ^a   Millan, John ^b   Malau, Clement ^c   Kaldor, John ^d   Toole, Mike ^a  

^a BURNET INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b Capacity Building Service Centre   (Papua New Guinea)

^c National Department for Health   (Papua New Guinea)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LETTER; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS DETECTION;

FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; PROSTITUTION; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 80053037309     PISSN: 15254135     EISSN: 10779450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAI.0b013e3182293417     Document Type: Letter

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