Estimation of HIV incidence among repeat anonymous testers in Catalonia, Spain

AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1145-1147

  Nascimento, Cristiane Murta Ramalho ^a   Casado, Maria Jesús ^a   Casabona, Jordi ^a   Ros, Rosa ^b   Sierra, E ^c   Zaragoza, Kati ^d   Barberà, Nuria ^e   De Vega, Xavier ^f   Oliver, Carmen ^g  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI GERMANS TRIAS I PUJOL   (Spain)

^b CJAS   (Spain)

^c Hospital Creu Roja   (Spain)

^d Stop Sida   (Spain)

^e Associació Anti Sida de Lleida   (Spain)

^f ACASC   (Spain)

^g Actuavallès ACTUEM   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG USE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEROCONVERSION; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SPAIN;

ADULT; AIDS SERODIAGNOSIS; ANONYMOUS TESTING; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPAIN; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS;

EID: 9344221067     PISSN: 08892229     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/0889222042544956     Document Type: Article

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