HIV and syphilis prevalence and associated risk factors among fishing communities of Lake Victoria, Uganda

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 87, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 511-515

  Asiki, Gershim ^a   Mpendo, Juliet ^b   Abaasa, Andrew ^a   Agaba, Collins ^a   Nanvubya, Annet ^b   Nielsen, Leslie ^b   Seeley, Janet ^a,c   Kaleebu, Pontiano ^a,b   Grosskurth, Heiner ^a,d   Kamali, Anatoli ^a  

^a UGANDA VIRUS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Uganda)

^b International Aids Vaccine Initiative (IAVI)   (Uganda)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANNABIS; CATHA EDULIS EXTRACT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGING; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CANNABIS ADDICTION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONDOM; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FISHING; GENITAL DISCHARGE; GENITAL PAIN; GROUPS BY AGE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; KNOWLEDGE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF REPORT; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOCIAL STATUS; SYPHILIS; UGANDA; UROGENITAL TRACT DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CONDOMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FISHERIES; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; SYPHILIS; UGANDA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 81155161834     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sti.2010.046805     Document Type: Article

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