Using gis-based density maps of HIV surveillance data to identify previously unrecognized geographic foci of HIV burden in an Urban epidemic

Public Health Reports

Volumn 126, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 741-749

  Shepard, Colin W ^a   Gortakowski, Heidi W ^a   Nasrallah, Hani ^a   Cutler, Blayne H ^a   Begier, Elizabeth M ^a  

^a Department of Health and Mental Hygiene ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DENSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENTIAL AREA; URBAN AREA; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ADOLESCENT; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HEALTH SURVEY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK CITY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 80155131622     PISSN: 00333549     EISSN: 14682877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/003335491112600517     Document Type: Article

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