Are healthcare workers at higher risk of HIV infection than the general population in Burkina Faso?

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 142, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 662-670

  Kirakoya Samadoulougou, F ^a   Fao, P ^b   Yaro, S ^b   Defer, M C ^b   Meda, N ^b,c   Robert, A ^a   Nagot, N ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b CENTRE MURAZ   (Burkina Faso)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE OUAGADOUGOU   (Burkina Faso)

^d UMR 1058 University of Montpellier   (France)

Author keywords

General population; Healthcare workers; HIV AIDS; Prevalence; Voluntary counselling and testing

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BURKINA FASO; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HIV TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INFECTION RISK; LABORATORY PERSONNEL; MALE; MEDICAL STUDENT; MIDWIFE; NURSE; POPULATION RESEARCH; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL AREA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STANDARDIZATION; URBAN AREA; URINALYSIS; VIRAL DISEASE ELISA KIT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; POPULATION RISK; PREVALENCE; SEX RATIO; YOUNG ADULT; ADOLESCENT; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK FACTOR; URINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BURKINA FASO; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH SURVEYS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84896473949     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268813001404     Document Type: Article

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