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High HIV incidence and prevalence among young women in rural South Africa: developing a cohort for intervention trials
- Source :
- Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes (1999). April 15, 2000, Vol. 23 Issue 5, p405, 5 p.
- Publication Year :
- 2000
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Abstract
- About one-fourth of the women living in some rural parts of South Africa may be HIV-positive, according to a study of 2,013 pregnant women who visited a prenatal clinic in Hlabisa in 1997. Twenty-six percent were HIV-positive, and among women between 20 and 24 years old, 34% were HIV-positive.
- Subjects :
- HIV infection -- South Africa
Women -- Diseases
Health
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 15254135
- Volume :
- 23
- Issue :
- 5
- Database :
- Gale General OneFile
- Journal :
- Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes (1999)
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- edsgcl.63703833