Hiv incidence remains high in KwaZulu-Natal, south africa: Evidence from three districts

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Nel, Annaléne ^a   Mabude, Zonke ^a,b   Smit, Jenni ^a,b   Kotze, Philip ^c   Arbuckle, Derek ^d   Wu, Jian ^e   van Niekerk, Neliëtte ^a   van de Wijgert, Janneke ^f  

^a INTERNATIONAL PARTNERSHIP FOR MICROBICIDES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c Qhakaza Mbokodo Research Clinic   (South Africa)

^d PHIVA Project   (South Africa)

^e JW Consulting   (United States)

^f ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONDOM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HIV TEST; HORMONAL CONTRACEPTION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; SEROCONVERSION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOUTH AFRICA; URBAN AREA; ADOLESCENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; INCIDENCE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAFE SEX; STATISTICS; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAFE SEX; SOUTH AFRICA; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84859880858     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0035278     Document Type: Article

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