Proportion of HIV infections attributable to other sexually transmitted diseases in a rural Ugandan population: Simulation model estimates

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 180-189

  Robinson, Noah Jamie ^a,b   Mulder, Daan W ^a,c   Auvert, Bertran ^b   Hayes, Richard J ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c MRC/ODA/UVRI   (Uganda)

Author keywords

HIV; Intervention; Sexually transmitted diseases (STD); Simulation model; STD cofactor effect; Sub Saharan Africa; Uganda

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION CONTROL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RURAL POPULATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; UGANDA; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AFRICA; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; BIOLOGY; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASES; EASTERN AFRICA; ENGLISH SPEAKING AFRICA; HIV INFECTIONS; INFECTIONS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; REPRODUCTIVE TRACT INFECTIONS; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; UGANDA; VIRAL DISEASES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; COHORT STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; UGANDA;

EID: 0030889847     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/26.1.180     Document Type: Article

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