Geographical variations in the prevalence of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections in rural Tanzania

International Journal of STD and AIDS

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 274-280

  Jansen, Henrica A F M ^a   Morison, Linda ^a   Mosha, Frank ^b   Changalucha, John ^b   Todd, James ^a,b   Obasi, Angela ^a,c   Rusizoka, Mary ^d   Mayaud, Philippe ^a,c   Munguti, Katua ^c   Mabey, David ^a   Grosskurth, Heiner ^a,c   Hayes, Richard ^a  

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

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Tanzania)

^c African Medical and Research Foundation Mwanza   (Tanzania)

^d Regional Medical Office   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Africa; Epidemiology; HIV; Rural; Sexual behaviour

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIASIS; CIRCUMCISION; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GONORRHEA; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEROPREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOCIOECONOMICS; SYPHILIS; TANZANIA; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; URETHRITIS; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SYPHILIS; TANZANIA;

EID: 0037385845     PISSN: 09564624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/095646203321264908     Document Type: Article

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