The epidemiology of HIV and AIDS reports in migrants in the 27 European Union countries, Norway and Iceland: 1999-2006

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 620-626

  Del Amo, Julia ^a,b,c   Likataviius, Giedrius ^d   Pérez Cachafeiro, Santiago ^a,b   Hernando, Victoria ^a,b   González, Cristina ^a,b   Jarrín, Inma ^a,b   Noori, Teymur ^d   Hamers, Franoise F ^e   Bolúmar, Francisco ^b,f  

^a CARLOS III INSTITUTE OF HEALTH   (Spain)

^b CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD REY JUAN CARLOS   (Spain)

^d European Program on Intervention Epidemiology Training (EPIET)   (Sweden)

^e Ancien Délégué Général de la Fédération de l'Hospitalisation Privée   (France)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

Author keywords

acquired immunodeficiency syndrome; epidemiology; Europe; HIV infections; migrants; transient

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ETHNOLOGY; EUROPEAN UNION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; ICELAND; MALE; MIGRATION; NORWAY; REGISTER; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; STATISTICS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TUBERCULOSIS; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; EUROPEAN UNION; FEMALE; HIV; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; ICELAND; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; LATIN AMERICA; MALE; NORWAY; REGISTRIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 80053531089     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckq150     Document Type: Article

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