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Introduction In England the uptake of antenatal HIV screening is comparatively low despite the existence of guidelines on antenatal screening for pregnant women[1] Detection of HIV infection in pregnant women [...]

The effects of the implementation of a new Dutch hepatitis B virus (HBV) vaccination strategy (1991) for expatriates on HBV vaccination status and HBV infection prevalence were evaluated in a group of 864 expatriates returning from HBV-endemic areas.

The long average incubation time from HIV infection to AIDS makes it difficult to estimate recent HIV transmission from AIDS incidence data. Age-period-cohort (APC) analysis can separate out the effects of age, calendar time and birth cohort to provide a clearer picture of transmission trends.

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