Cofactors for the acquisition of HIV-1 among heterosexual men: Prospective cohort study of trucking company workers in Kenya

AIDS

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 607-614

  Rakwar, Joel ^c   Lavreys, Ludo ^a   Thompson, Mary Lou ^b   Jackson, Denis ^a   Bwayo, Job ^c   Hassanali, Salim ^b   Mandaliya, Kishorchandra ^b   Ndinya Achola, Jeckoniah ^c   Kreiss, Joan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Circumcision; Heterosexual transmission; HIV 1; Sexually transmitted diseases

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; HAEMOPHILUS DUCREYI; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INCIDENCE; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RELIGION; SEROCONVERSION; SEROPREVALENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA, EASTERN; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0032992315     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002030-199904010-00010     Document Type: Article

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