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HIV/AIDS
New HIV/AIDS study findings recently were reported by researchers at University of Liverpool
November 3rd, 2008
"Most estimates of HIV prevalence have been based on sentinel surveillance of pregnant women which may either under-estimate or over-estimate the actual prevalence in adult female population. One situation which can lead to either an underestimate or an overestimate of the actual HIV prevalence is where there is a significant difference in fertility rates between HIV-positive and HIV-negative women," scientists in Liverpool, the United Kingdom report. "Our aim was to compare the fertility rates of HIV-infected and HIV-uninfected women in Cameroon in order to make recommendations on the appropriate adjustments when using antenatal sentinel data to estimate HIV prevalence...
Source: AIDS Weekly (2008-11-03)
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