Evidence of Local HIV Transmission in the African Community of King County, Washington

Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 891-896

  Kerani, Roxanne P ^a,b   Herbeck, Joshua T ^b   Buskin, Susan E ^a,b   Dombrowksi, Julia C ^a,b   Bennett, Amy ^a   Barash, Elizabeth ^a   Barbee, Lindley A ^a,b   Golden, Matthew R ^a,b  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH SEATTLE AND KING COUNTY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

African; HIV; Immigrants; Migrants; Subtypes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; CLASSIFICATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRANT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRANSMISSION; WASHINGTON;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; WASHINGTON;

EID: 84978083321     PISSN: 15571912     EISSN: 15571920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10903-016-0458-3     Document Type: Article

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