High HIV incidence and socio-behavioral risk patterns in fishing communities on the shores of Lake Victoria, Uganda

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 433-439

  Seeley, Janet ^a,b,c   Nakiyingi Miiro, Jessica ^a,c   Kamali, Anatoli ^a   Mpendo, Juliet ^d   Asiki, Gershim ^a   Abaasa, Andrew ^a   De Bont, Jan ^d   Nielsen, Leslie ^d   Kaleebu, Pontiano ^a,c  

^a UGANDA VIRUS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Uganda)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

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

^d INTERNATIONAL AIDS VACCINE INITIATIVE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CANNABIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CANNABIS ADDICTION; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COMMUNITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; FISHING; GENITAL TRACT INFECTION; HAZARD RATIO; HIV TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INCIDENCE; LAKE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RELIGION; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYPHILIS; UGANDA; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FISHERIES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LAKES; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SYPHILIS; UGANDA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84861231490     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: 15374521     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OLQ.0b013e318251555d     Document Type: Article

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