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HIV prevalence in 72 000 urban and rural male army recruits, Ethiopia.
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BACKGROUND: The recent estimate of around 2 million HIV-infected people in Ethiopia derives from data that are sparse, especially in the rural areas where the majority (> 85%) of the population lives. We assessed HIV prevalence in almost 72 000 army recruits who resided in urban and rural areas prior to recruitment. METHODS: Rapid HIV tests, HIVSPOT and Determine, were conducted on blood samples drawn at enrolment from almost 10 000 urban recruits, in 1999, and 62 000 rural recruits, in 2...
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- Publication status:
- Published
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- Journal:
- AIDS (London, England)
- Volume:
- 17
- Issue:
- 12
- Pages:
- 1835-1840
- Publication date:
- 2003-08-01
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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1473-5571
- ISSN:
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0269-9370
- Source identifiers:
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80527
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- English
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- Pubs id:
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pubs:80527
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uuid:1fa58b08-8fc2-441e-8a56-5c1868432528
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- pubs:80527
- Deposit date:
- 2012-12-19
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- 2003
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