Decline in HIV prevalence among young women in zambia: National-level estimates of trends mask geographical and socio-demographic differences

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Kayeyi, Nkomba ^a,b   Fylkesnes, Knut ^a   Michelo, Charles ^b   Makasa, Mpundu ^a,c   Sandøy, Ingvild ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZAMBIA   (Zambia)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Zambia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; REVIEW; RURAL AREA; SAMPLE SIZE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); URBAN AREA; URBAN POPULATION; ZAMBIA; ARTICLE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HIV; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT; ZAMBIA;

EID: 84859311515     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0033652     Document Type: Review

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