HIV infection in older adults in sub-Saharan Africa: extrapolating prevalence from existing data

OBJECTIVE: To quantify the number of cases and prevalence of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection among older adults in sub-Saharan Africa. METHODS: We reviewed data from Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS). Although in these surveys all female respondents are < 50 years of age, 18 of th...

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Main Authors: Joel Negin, Robert G Cumming
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The World Health Organization 2010-11-01
Series:Bulletin of the World Health Organization
Online Access:http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0042-96862010001100014&lng=en&tlng=en