Relative risks and population attributable fraction of incident HIV associated with symptoms of sexually transmitted diseases and treatable symptomatic sexually transmitted diseases in Rakai District, Uganda

AIDS

Volumn 13, Issue 15, 1999, Pages 2113-2123

  Gray, Ronald H ^a,b   Wawer, Maria J ^d   Sewankambo, Nelson K ^e   Serwadda, David ⁱ   Li, Chuanjun ^a   Moulton, Lawrence H ^b   Lutalo, Tom ^f   Wabwire Mangen, Fred ⁱ   Meehan, Mary P ^d   Ahmed, Saifuddin ^a   Paxton, Lynn A ^d   Kiwanuka, Noah ^f   Nalugoda, Fred ^f   Korenromp, Eline L ^g   Quinn, Thomas C ^c,h  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^e MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^f UGANDA VIRUS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Uganda)

^g ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^h NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

ⁱ NONE

Author keywords

HIV incidence; Population attributable fraction; Relative risk; STD

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIASIS; DYSURIA; FEMALE; GENITAL ULCER; GONORRHEA; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; SEROCONVERSION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYMPTOM; SYPHILIS; UGANDA; ULCUS MOLLE; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES, BACTERIAL; UGANDA;

EID: 0032735716     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002030-199910220-00015     Document Type: Article

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