Rewriting the narrative of the epidemiology of HIV in sub-Saharan Africa

Sahara J

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 127-130

  Baral, Stefan ^a,b   Phaswana Mafuya, Nancy ^c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b JHSPH   (South Africa)

^c Human Sciences Research Council HSRC   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Africa; Epidemiology; Female sex workers; HIV; Injecting drug use; Men who have sex with men

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ARTICLE; DRUG USE; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUALITY; PREVALENCE; PROSTITUTION; STATISTICS;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; DRUG USERS; EPIDEMICS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; PREVALENCE; SEX WORKERS;

EID: 84870783374     PISSN: 17290376     EISSN: 18134424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17290376.2012.743787     Document Type: Article

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