Continued explosive rise in HIV prevalence among pregnant women in rural South Africa

UNAIDS reports the continued growth and spread of the HIV epidemic. It is estimated that 34 million people living in sub-Saharan Africa have been infected with HIV, and that 83% of all AIDS deaths to date have been in this region. South Africa's HIV epidemic seems to have started later than tha...

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Veröffentlicht in:	AIDS (London) 1999-04, Vol.13 (6), p.740-740
Hauptverfasser:	WILKINSON, D, CONNOLLY, C, ROTCHFORD, K
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	AIDS/HIV Biological and medical sciences Cross-Sectional Studies Female HIV Infections - epidemiology Human immunodeficiency virus 1 Human viral diseases Humans Infectious diseases Medical sciences Pregnancy Pregnancy Complications, Infectious - epidemiology Rural Health Sentinel Surveillance South Africa - epidemiology Tropical medicine Viral diseases Viral diseases of the lymphoid tissue and the blood. Aids
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Zusammenfassung:	UNAIDS reports the continued growth and spread of the HIV epidemic. It is estimated that 34 million people living in sub-Saharan Africa have been infected with HIV, and that 83% of all AIDS deaths to date have been in this region. South Africa's HIV epidemic seems to have started later than that in most African countries, but prevalence is rising very rapidly.
ISSN:	0269-9370 1473-5571
DOI:	10.1097/00002030-199904160-00023