HIV incidence in Asia: A review of available data and assessment of the epidemic

AIDS Reviews

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 67-76

  Kainne Dokubo, E ^a,b   Kim, Andrea A ^b   Le, Linh Vi ^c   Nadol, Patrick J ^b,c   Prybylski, Dimitri ^b,d   Wolfe, Mitchell I ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^d MINISTRY OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Asia; HIV; HIV incidence; HIV surveillance; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANAL INTERCOURSE; ASIA; BANGLADESH; CAMBODIA; CHINA; CONCURRENT SEXUAL PARTNERSHIP; DRUG ABUSE; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; INDIA; INDONESIA; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; LAOS; MALAYSIA; MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN; MYANMAR; PHILIPPINES; PROSTITUTION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SINGAPORE; SYPHILIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TAIWAN; THAILAND; UTERINE CERVICITIS; VIET NAM; FEMALE; MALE;

ASIA; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84883205616     PISSN: 11396121     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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