HIV infection in high school students in rural South Africa: Role of transmissions among students

AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 956-965

  Kharsany, Ayesha B M ^a   Buthelezi, Thulasizwe John ^a   Frohlich, Janet A ^a   Yende Zuma, Nonhlanhla ^a   Samsunder, Natasha ^a   Mahlase, Gethwana ^b   Williamson, Carolyn ^a,c,d   Travers, Simon A ^e   Marais, Jinny C ^c   Dellar, Rachael ^a   Karim, Salim S Abdool ^a,f   Karim, Quarraisha Abdool ^a,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b ZimnadiZonke   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^d NATIONAL HEALTH LABORATORY SERVICE   (South Africa)

^e UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

^f Department of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN BETA SUBUNIT; PRIMER DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CHILD; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DRIED BLOOD SPOT TESTING; FAMILY STUDY; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; GONADOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; HIV TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTHER; PHYLOGENY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL AREA; RURAL POPULATION; SOUTH AFRICA; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; YOUNG ADULT; CLASSIFICATION; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK FACTOR; STUDENT; TRANSMISSION; VIROLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; BASE SEQUENCE; CHILD; DNA PRIMERS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; MALE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SOUTH AFRICA; STUDENTS;

EID: 84907539120     PISSN: 08892229     EISSN: 19318405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/aid.2014.0110     Document Type: Article

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