HIV/AIDS Epidemiology
New HIV/AIDS epidemiology findings from Imperial College, Department of Infectious Disease described
Published in TB and Outbreaks Week, March 6th, 2007
Investigators publish new data in the report "Adult mortality and erosion of household viability in AIDS-afflicted towns, estates, and villages in eastern Zimbabwe. Households form the basic social and economic building blocks of sub-Saharan African societies. Household viability is threatened by sustained crisis-level mortality in widely disseminated HIV epidemics," scientists in London, the United Kingdom report.
"This article describes the impact of adult deaths on households in small towns, estates, and villages in eastern Zimbabwe. A stratified baseline household census was conducted, and 9842 adults were interviewed, tested for HIV infection, and followed up after...
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