A decade of sustained geographic spread of HIV infections among women in Durban, South Africa
Abstract Background Fine scale geospatial analysis of HIV infection patterns can be used to facilitate geographically targeted interventions. Our objective was to use the geospatial technology to map age and time standardized HIV incidence rates over a period of 10 years to identify communities at h...
Main Authors: | Gita Ramjee, Benn Sartorius, Natashia Morris, Handan Wand, Tarylee Reddy, Justin D. Yssel, Frank Tanser |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2019-06-01
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Series: | BMC Infectious Diseases |
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Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12879-019-4080-6 |
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