Incidence of HIV in Windhoek, Namibia: Demographic and socio-economic associations

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2011, Pages

  Aulagnier, Marielle ^a   Janssens, Wendy ^b,f   de Beer, Ingrid ^c   van Rooy, Gert ^d   Gaeb, Esegiel ^e   Hesp, Cees ^a   van der Gaag, Jacques ^b,f,g   de Wit, Tobias F Rinke ^a,h  

^a PharmAccess Foundation   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c PharmAccess Foundation Namibia   (Namibia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NAMIBIA   (Namibia)

^e Namibia Institute of Pathology   (Namibia)

^f Amsterdam Institute for International Development (AIID)   (Netherlands)

^g BROOKINGS INSTITUTION   (United States)

^h ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HIV KNOWLEDGE SCORE; HIV TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INCIDENCE; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RISK; MALE; NAMIBIA; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SOCIOECONOMICS; URBAN POPULATION; VULNERABLE POPULATION; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DEMOGRAPHY; ECONOMICS; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH SURVEY; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NAMIBIA; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80053495640     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0025860     Document Type: Article

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