Heterogeneity of the HIV epidemic in the general population of Karnataka state, south India

BMC Public Health

Volumn 11, Issue SUPPL. 6, 2011, Pages

  Banandur, Pradeep ^a,b   Rajaram, Subramanian ^a,c,d   Mahagaonkar, Sangameshwar B ^c   Bradley, Janet ^c   Ramesh, Banadakoppa M ^d   Washington, Reynold G ^d,e   Blanchard, James F ^f   Moses, Stephen ^f   Lowndes, Catherine M ^g   Alary, Michel ^a,c,h,i  

^a CHARME II Project   (India)

^b Periyar EVR   (India)

^c CHARME i Project   (India)

^d KARNATAKA HEALTH PROMOTION TRUST   (India)

^e ST JOHN'S NATIONAL ACADEMY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (India)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^g PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^h LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

ⁱ UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CIRCUMCISION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONDOM; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INDIA; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RELIGION; RISK FACTOR; SEXUALITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CIRCUMCISION, MALE; CONDOMS; DATA COLLECTION; EPIDEMICS; FEMALE; HIV; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INDIA; ISLAM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84855298116     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-11-S6-S13     Document Type: Review

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