Epidemiology of HIV and AIDS among adolescents: Current status, inequities, and data gaps

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes

Volumn 66, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2014, Pages

  Idele, Priscilla ^a   Gillespie, Amaya ^a   Porth, Tyler ^a   Suzuki, Chiho ^a   Mahy, Mary ^b   Kasedde, Susan ^a   Luo, Chewe ^a  

^a UNITED NATIONS   (United States)

^b UNAIDS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

adolescents; AIDS; care; HIV; prevention; treatment

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDBIRTH; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONDOM USE; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HIV TEST; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INCOME; KNOWLEDGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED NATIONS;

ADOLESCENT; AGING; CHILD; EPIDEMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84902467015     PISSN: 15254135     EISSN: 10779450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAI.0000000000000176     Document Type: Article

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