Population mobility and the changing epidemics of HIV-2 in Portugal

HIV Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 219-225

  Carvalho, A C ^a,b   Valadas, E ^c   Franca L ^d   Carvalho, C ^e   Aleixo, M J ^f   Mendez, J ^g   Marques, R ^b   Sarmento, A ^b   Doroana, M ^c   Antunes, F ^c   Branco, T ^e   Aguas M ^f   Sarmento e Castro, R ^g   Lazarus, J V ^a,h   Barros, H ^a,i  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b HOSPITAL DE SÃO JOÃO   (Portugal)

^c HOSPITAL DE SANTA MARIA   (Portugal)

^d Hospital St António Capuchos   (Portugal)

^e HOSPITAL FERNANDO FONSECA   (Portugal)

^f HOSPITAL GARCIA DE ORTA   (Portugal)

^g Hospital Joaquim Urbano   (Portugal)

^h UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

ⁱ National HIV/AIDS Coordination   (Portugal)

Author keywords

HIV 2; Migration; Mobility; Population; Portugal

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 2 INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; INFECTION PREVENTION; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIGRATION; POPULATION; PORTUGAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION;

ADULT; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-2; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PORTUGAL; RESIDENTIAL MOBILITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84857993672     PISSN: 14642662     EISSN: 14681293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-1293.2011.00963.x     Document Type: Article

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