Stabilizing HIV prevalence masks high HIV incidence rates amongst rural and urban women in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Author(s) -
Quarraisha Abdool Karim,
Ayesha B. M. Kharsany,
Janet Frohlich,
Lise Werner,
Mlawule R. Mashego,
Mandla Mlotshwa,
Bernadette Madlala,
Fanelesibonge Ntombela,
Salim S. Abdool Karim
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
international journal of epidemiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.406
H-Index - 208
eISSN - 1464-3685
pISSN - 0300-5771
DOI - 10.1093/ije/dyq176
Subject(s) - medicine , incidence (geometry) , demography , confidence interval , rural area , cohort , prospective cohort study , population , cohort study , quartile , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , environmental health , immunology , physics , pathology , sociology , optics
In mature generalized human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) epidemics, as survival from accessing antiretroviral treatment (ART) increases, HIV prevalence data may be suboptimal and difficult to interpret without HIV incidence rates.
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