HIV-1 incidence rates and risk factors in agricultural workers and dependents in rural Kenya: 36-month follow-up of the kericho HIV cohort study

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 514-521

  Shaffer, Douglas N ^a,b,c   Ngetich, Ignatius K ^a,d   Bautista, Christian T ^a,e   Sawe, Frederick K ^a,d   Renzullo, Philip O ^e   Scott, Paul T ^a,c   Kibaya, Rukia M ^a,d   Imbuki, Kennedy O ^a,d   Michael, Nelson L ^a,c   Birx, Deborah L ^a,c,g   Wasunna, Monique K ^d   Robb, Merlin L ^a,f  

^a US Military HIV Research Program   (United States)

^b U S ARMY   (United States)

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

^d KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

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

^f NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^g CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Cohort; HIV; Incidence; Kenya; Kericho

Indexed keywords

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS VACCINE;

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; CIRCUMCISION; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; SEROCONVERSION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; VACCINATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGRICULTURE; COHORT STUDIES; FAMILY HEALTH; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; KENYA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77949359870     PISSN: 15254135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAI.0b013e3181bcdae0     Document Type: Article

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