Exposing misclassified HIV/AIDS deaths in South Africa

Exposing misclassified HIV/AIDS deaths in South Africa

OBJECTIVE: To quantify the deaths from human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) that are misattributed to other causes in South Africa's death registration data and to adjust for this bias. METHODS: Deaths in the World Health Organization's...

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Main Authors: Jeanette Kurian Birnbaum, Christopher JL Murray, Rafael Lozano
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The World Health Organization 2011-04-01
Series:Bulletin of the World Health Organization
Online Access:http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0042-96862011000400011&lng=en&tlng=en

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