Determinants of differential HIV incidence among women in three southern African locations

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 89-99

  Mavedzenge, Sue Napierala ^a   Weiss, Helen A ^a   Montgomery, Elizabeth T ^b   Blanchard, Kelly ^c   De Bruyn, Guy ^d   Ramjee, Gita ^e   Chipato, Tsungai ^f   Padian, Nancy S ^g   Van Der Straten, Ariane ^b  

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

^b RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^c IBIS REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^e SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; HIV incidence; Risk factors; Southern Africa; Women

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; AFRICA; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HAZARD RATIO; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; KNOWLEDGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; MULTICENTER STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SOUTH AFRICA; ZIMBABWE;

ADULT; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; RISK FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA; YOUNG ADULT; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 80155146854     PISSN: 15254135     EISSN: 10779450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAI.0b013e3182254038     Document Type: Article

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