HIV incidence and risk factors for acquisition in HIV discordant couples in Masaka, Uganda: An hiv vaccine preparedness study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2011, Pages

  Ruzagira, Eugene ^a   Wandiembe, Symon ^a   Abaasa, Andrew ^a   Bwanika, Agnes N ^a   Bahemuka, Ubaldo ^a   Amornkul, Pauli ^b   Price, Matthew A ^b   Grosskurth, Heiner ^a,c   Kamali, Anatoli ^a,c  

^a UGANDA VIRUS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Uganda)

^b INTERNATIONAL AIDS VACCINE INITIATIVE   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; COTRIMOXAZOLE; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS VACCINE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONDOM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENITAL DISCHARGE; GENITAL SYSTEM DISEASE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HIV TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT SELECTION; PREGNANCY TEST; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SEROCONVERSION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SYPHILIS; SYPHILIS SEROLOGY; UGANDA; URINALYSIS; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ADOLESCENT; FAMILY SIZE; IMMUNOLOGY; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIDS VACCINES; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTORS; UGANDA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80052323519     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0024037     Document Type: Article

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