Estimation of the HIV basic reproduction number in rural South West Uganda: 1991-2008

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Nsubuga, Rebecca N ^a   White, Richard G ^b   Mayanja, Billy N ^a   Shafer, Leigh Anne ^c  

^a UGANDA VIRUS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Uganda)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CIRCUMCISION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONCURRENT SEXUAL PARTNERSHIP; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; PREVALENCE; RURAL AREA; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; UGANDA; VIRUS REPLICATION;

BASIC REPRODUCTION NUMBER; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; MALE; RURAL POPULATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; UGANDA;

EID: 84896761897     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0083778     Document Type: Article

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