Peak HIV prevalence: A useful outcome variable for ecological studies

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Kenyon, Chris ^a,b   Colebunders, Robert ^b   Voeten, Helene ^c,d   Lurie, Mark ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^c Public Health Service of the Rotterdam Region   (Netherlands)

^d ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Concurrency; Ecological; Epidemiology; Migration

Indexed keywords

DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPIDEMIC; EXPOSURE VARIABLE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INFECTION RATE; MIGRATION; MORTALITY; OUTCOME VARIABLE; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; SHORT SURVEY; SOUTH AFRICA; UGANDA; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; EPIDEMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMAN MIGRATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SOUTH AFRICA; UGANDA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84876078461     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: 18783511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2012.12.020     Document Type: Short Survey

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