Circular labor migration and HIV in India: Exploring heterogeneity in bridge populations connecting areas of high and low HIV infection prevalence

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 210, Issue , 2014, Pages S556-S561

  Rai, Tanvi ^a   Lambert, Helen S ^b   Borquez, Annick B ^a   Saggurti, Niranjan ^c   Mahapatra, Bidhubhushan ^c   Ward, Helen ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c POPULATION COUNCIL   (India)

Author keywords

Geographical connectedness; HIV infections epidemiology; India; Migrants; Risk factors; Sexual behavior; Transients

Indexed keywords

ADULT; EMPLOYMENT; EPIDEMIC; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; MIGRATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; EMPLOYMENT; EPIDEMICS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INDIA; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84964315446     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: 15376613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jiu432     Document Type: Article

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