Short-Term Mobility and the Risk of HIV Infection among Married Couples in the Fishing Communities along Lake Victoria, Kenya

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Kwena, Zachary A ^a   Camlin, Carol S ^b   Shisanya, Chris A ^c   Mwanzo, Isaac ^c   Bukusi, Elizabeth A ^a  

^a KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c KENYATTA UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FISHERMAN; HIV TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INFECTION RISK; KENYA; MALE; MARRIED MAN; MARRIED WOMAN; RANDOM SAMPLE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; TRAVEL;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FISHERIES; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMAN MIGRATION; HUMANS; KENYA; LAKES; MALE; RISK; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPOUSES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84872393918     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0054523     Document Type: Article

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