Relatively low HIV infection rates in rural Uganda, but with high potential for a rise: A cohort study in Kayunga District, Uganda

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Guwatudde, David ^a,b   Wabwire Mangen, Fred ^b   Eller, Leigh Anne ^a,c   Eller, Michael ^a,c   McCutchan, Francine ^c   Kibuuka, Hannah ^a   Millard, Monica ^a   Sewankambo, Nelson ^d   Serwadda, David ^b   Michael, Nelson ^e   Robb, Merlin ^c  

^a Makerere University   (Uganda)

^b MAKERERE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Uganda)

^c HENRY M JACKSON FOUNDATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF MILITARY MEDICINE   (United States)

^d MAKERERE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Uganda)

^e WALTER REED ARMY INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1 INFECTION; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RATE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; UGANDA; COHORT ANALYSIS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MIDDLE AGED;

HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 2; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; UGANDA;

EID: 58149498945     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0004145     Document Type: Article

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