Prevalence of human immunodeficiency virus, hepatitis C virus, hepatitis B virus and syphilis among individuals attending anonymous testing for HIV in Luanda, Angola

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 186-188

  Guimaraes Nebenzahl H ^a   Lopes, A ^a   Castro, R ^a   Pereira, F ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE HIGIENE E MEDICINA TROPICAL   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANGOLA; ANONYMOUS TESTING; ARTICLE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HIV TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYPHILIS; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANGOLA; ANONYMOUS TESTING; COINFECTION; FEMALE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HIV-1; HIV-2; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SEROLOGIC TESTS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SYPHILIS; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

EID: 84874713523     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7196/SAMJ.6097     Document Type: Article

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