A new method to assign country of HIV infection among heterosexuals born abroad and diagnosed with HIV

AIDS

Volumn 26, Issue 15, 2012, Pages 1961-1966

  Rice, Brian D ^a,b   Elford, Jonathan ^b   Yin, Zheng ^a   Delpech, Valerie C ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

England; epidemiology; heterosexual; HIV surveillance; Wales and Northern Ireland

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC ORIGIN; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH SURVEYS; HETEROSEXUALITY; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HIV-1; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84866734669     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: 14735571     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAD.0b013e3283578b80     Document Type: Article

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