HIV Case Notification Rates in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia over the Past Decade (2000-2009)

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2012, Pages

  Al Mazroa, Mohammed A ^a   Kabbash, Ibrahim A ^a,b   Felemban, Sanaa M ^a   Stephens, Gwen M ^a,c   Al Hakeem, Raafat F ^a   Zumla, Alimuddin I ^d   Memish, Ziad A ^a  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Saudi Arabia)

^b TANTA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ETHIOPIA; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFECTION CONTROL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NIGERIA; RESIDENTIAL AREA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAUDI ARABIA; SEX RATIO; SUDAN; TREND STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; CONTACT TRACING; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; DISEASE NOTIFICATION; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 84866880288     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0045919     Document Type: Article

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