Prevalence and incidence of, and risk factors for, HIV-1 infection among factory workers in Ethiopia, 1997-2001

Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 358-368

  Mekonnen, Yared ^a   Sanders, Eduard ^a   Messele, Tsehaynesh ^a   Wolday, Dawit ^a   Dorigo Zestma, Wendelien ^a   Schaap, Ab ^a   Mekonnen, Walelgne ^a   Meless, Hailu ^a   Mihret, Wude ^a   Fontanet, Arnaud ^b   Coutinho, Roel A ^c,d   Dukers, Nicole H T M ^a,c  

^a Ethio Netherlands AIDS Research Project ENARP   (Ethiopia)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^c MUNICIPAL HEALTH SERVICE   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cohort studies; Epidemiology; Ethiopia; HIV infections; HIV 1; Prevalence; Prospective studies; Risk factors; Sex behaviour; Sexually transmitted infections

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS ANTIBODY; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ANTIBODY SCREENING; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHRISTIAN; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; GENITAL SYSTEM DISEASE; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; LIFESPAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RAPE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOCIAL ASPECT; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM HEMAGGLUTINATION TEST; WIDOW;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; COHORT STUDIES; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HERPES GENITALIS; HERPESVIRUS 2, HUMAN; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INDUSTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 2; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

EID: 33645376433     PISSN: 16060997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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