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International Journal of Epidemiology 2009 38(4):1016-1017; doi:10.1093/ije/dyp201
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Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the International Epidemiological Association © The Author 2009; all rights reserved.

Commentary: Spatial clustering of HIV infection: providing clues for effective HIV prevention

Salim S Abdool Karim1,2

1Centre for the AIDS Programme of Research in South Africa – CAPRISA, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Congella, South Africa.
2Department of Epidemiology, Columbia University, New York, USA.

E-mail: karims1@ukzn.ac.za

Accepted 30 March 2009

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‘Know your epidemic’ is the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) mantra for HIV prevention.1 Knowledge of the nature of the local HIV epidemic is critical for HIV prevention programmes to be effective. Overall HIV prevalence rates hide the true complex mosaic of the HIV epidemic. HIV infection, like most other infectious diseases, is known to cluster in relation to risk factors, especially substantial risk factors like migration and mobility. Tanser and colleagues2 . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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