Association between genital schistosomiasis and HIV in rural Zimbabwean women

AIDS

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 593-600

  Kjetland, Eyrun F ^a   Ndhlovu, Patricia D ^b   Gomo, Exenevia ^b,c   Mduluza, Takafira ^b   Midzi, Nicholas ^c   Gwanzura, Lovemore ^b   Mason, Peter R ^b,d   Sandvik, Leiv ^a   Friis, Henrik ^e   Gundersen, Svein Gunnar ^f  

^a ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

^c Blair Research Institute   (Zimbabwe)

^d BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH AND TRAINING INSTITUTE   (Zimbabwe)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^f UNIVERSITY OF AGDER   (Norway)

Author keywords

Africa; Genital schistosomiasis; HIV; Sandy patch; Schistosoma haematobium; Sexually transmitted diseases; Women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FOLLOW UP; GYNECOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RISK; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SCHISTOSOMA HEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYPHILIS; WART VIRUS; ZIMBABWE; AIDS RELATED COMPLEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC DISEASE; HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GENITAL DISEASES, FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; RURAL HEALTH; SCHISTOSOMIASIS HAEMATOBIA; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 33645422489     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.aids.0000210614.45212.0a     Document Type: Article

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