Extraspousal partnerships in a community in rural Uganda with high HIV prevalence: A cross-sectional population-based study using linked spousal data

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 108-114

  Kasamba, Ivan ^a   Sully, Elizabeth ^b   Weiss, Helen A ^b   Baisley, Kathy ^c   Maher, Dermot ^a,c  

^a UGANDA VIRUS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Uganda)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Concurrent sexual partners; HIV; Marriage; Uganda

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; CONDOM; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDWIFE; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPOUSE; UGANDA; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EXTRAMARITAL RELATIONS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; UGANDA;

EID: 80155192391     PISSN: 15254135     EISSN: 10779450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAI.0b013e318227af4d     Document Type: Article

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