The role of sexually transmitted infections in the evolution of the South African HIV epidemic

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 161-168

  Johnson, Leigh F ^a   Dorrington, Rob E ^a   Bradshaw, Debbie ^b   Coetzee, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

HIV AIDS; Mathematical model; Sexually transmitted infection

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; DISEASE INCIDENCE; DISEASE PREVALENCE; DISEASE SPREAD; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; META-ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIASIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GENITAL HERPES; GONORRHEA; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROBABILITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SIMULATION; SOUTH AFRICA; SYPHILIS; TRICHOMONIASIS; ULCUS MOLLE; VAGINA CANDIDIASIS; VAGINITIS;

EPIDEMICS; FEMALE; HERPES GENITALIS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREVALENCE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SOUTH AFRICA;

SOUTH AFRICA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HERPES;

EID: 84855935783     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2011.02906.x     Document Type: Article

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