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Supplement 3, 2013

InterVA-4 as a public health tool for measuring HIV/AIDS mortality: a validation study from five African countries

Peter ByassWHO Collaborating Centre for Verbal Autopsy, Umeå Centre for Global Health Research, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden;School of Public Health, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa;INDEPTH Network, Accra, GhanaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Clara CalvertLondon School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK
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Jessica Miiro-NakiyingiMRC/UVRI Uganda Research Unit on AIDS, Entebbe, Uganda
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Tom LutaloRakai Health Sciences Program, Rakai, Uganda
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Denna MichaelNational Institute for Medical Research, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
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Amelia CrampinLondon School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK;Karonga Prevention Study, Karonga, Malawi
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Simon GregsonManicaland HIV-STD Prevention Project, Zimbabwe;Imperial College School of Public Health, London, UK
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Albert TakaruzaManicaland HIV-STD Prevention Project, Zimbabwe
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Laura RobertsonManicaland HIV-STD Prevention Project, Zimbabwe;Imperial College School of Public Health, London, UK
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Kobus HerbstAfrica Centre for Health and Population Studies, University of KwaZulu-Natal, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
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Jim ToddLondon School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK
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Basia ZabaLondon School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK
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Article: 22448 | Received 24 Jul 2013, Accepted 27 Sep 2013, Published online: 18 Oct 2013

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