HIV prevalence in China: Integration of surveillance data and a systematic review

The Lancet Infectious Diseases

Volumn 13, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 955-963

  Zhang, Lei ^a,b   Chow, Eric P F ^a   Jing, Jun ^b   Zhuang, Xun ^c   Li, Xiaoshan ^c   He, Meiqi ^c   Sun, Huamin ^c   Li, Xiaoyan ^c   Gorgens, Marelize ^d   Wilson, David ^d   Wang, Lan ^e   Guo, Wei ^e   Li, Dongming ^e   Cui, Yan ^e   Wang, Lu ^e   Wang, Ning ^e   Wu, Zunyou ^e   Wilson, David P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c NANTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d WORLD BANK GROUP   (United States)

^e CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHINA; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DRUG USE; EPIDEMIC; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INCIDENCE; MEDLINE; MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTITUTION; SAMPLE SIZE; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREND STUDY;

CHINA; EPIDEMICS; FEMALE; HIV; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; SEX WORKERS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 84885955290     PISSN: 14733099     EISSN: 14744457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(13)70245-7     Document Type: Article

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