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. 2008 Oct;37(5):956-62.
doi: 10.1093/ije/dym211. Epub 2007 Nov 12.

Cohort Profile: Africa Centre Demographic Information System (ACDIS) and population-based HIV survey

Frank Tanser  1 , Victoria Hosegood, Till Bärnighausen, Kobus Herbst, Makandwe Nyirenda, William Muhwava, Colin Newell, Johannes Viljoen, Tinofa Mutevedzi, Marie-Louise Newell
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Cohort Profile: Africa Centre Demographic Information System (ACDIS) and population-based HIV survey

Frank Tanser et al. Int J Epidemiol. 2008 Oct.
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Figure 1
Figure 1
Location of the study area in South Africa
Figure 2
Figure 2
Age and sex profile of the surveillance population by residency, 30th June 2006 (n = 56, 791 residents; n = 29, 164 non-residents)
Figure 3
Figure 3
HIV sero-prevalence by age and sex (95% CI) among residents (2003–2004).
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