Women and HIV in Sub-Saharan Africa

AIDS Research and Therapy

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Ramjee, Gita ^a,b   Daniels, Brodie ^a  

^a SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adherence; HIV incidence; Prevention; Sub Saharan Africa

Indexed keywords

DAPIVIRINE; EMTRICITABINE PLUS TENOFOVIR DISOPROXIL; MICROBICIDE; TENOFOVIR;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; CONDOM USE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG EFFICACY; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE CONDOM; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INCIDENCE; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; PATIENT COUNSELING; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTITUTION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; TRANSACTIONAL SEX; VULNERABLE POPULATION; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 84890267383     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17426405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1742-6405-10-30     Document Type: Review

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