HIV prevalence and incidence are no longer falling in southwest Uganda: Evidence from a rural population cohort 1989-2005

AIDS

Volumn 22, Issue 13, 2008, Pages 1641-1649

  Shafer, Leigh Anne ^a,e   Biraro, Samuel ^a,b   Nakiyingi Miiro, Jessica ^a   Kamali, Anatoli ^a   Ssematimba, Duncan ^a   Ouma, Joseph ^a   Ojwiya, Amato ^a   Hughes, Peter ^a   Van Der Paal, Lieve ^a   Whitworth, Jimmy ^b   Opio, Alex ^c   Grosskurth, Heiner ^a,d  

^a MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^b WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Uganda)

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

^e C/o MRC/UVRI Uganda Research Unit on AIDS ^*  (Uganda)

Author keywords

Africa; AIDS; HIV; Incidence; Prevalence; Sexual behaviour; Trends; Uganda

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONDOM; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL POPULATION; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UGANDA; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEXUALITY; UNSAFE SEX;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK-TAKING; RURAL POPULATION; SEXUAL PARTNERS; UGANDA; UNSAFE SEX;

EID: 52249121400     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: 14735571     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAD.0b013e32830a7502     Document Type: Article

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