HIV incidence in sub-Saharan Africa: a review of available data with implications for surveillance and prevention planning.

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Published in AIDS Rev on August 05, 2009

Authors

Sarah L Braunstein1, Janneke H H M van de Wijgert, Denis Nash

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health-Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA. braunstein.sarah@gmail.com

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