HIV-1 Transmission within Marriage in Rural Uganda: A Longitudinal Study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Biraro, Samuel ^a,b   Ruzagira, Eugene ^a   Kamali, Anatoli ^a   Whitworth, James ^c   Grosskurth, Heiner ^a,b   Weiss, Helen A ^b  

^a UGANDA VIRUS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Uganda)

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

^c WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENDER; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1 INFECTION; INCIDENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; RELIGION; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; SEROCONVERSION; SEROPREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; UGANDA; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTI-HIV AGENTS; COINFECTION; CONDOMS; COUNSELING; FEMALE; HERPES GENITALIS; HERPESVIRUS 2, HUMAN; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HIV-1; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPOUSES; UGANDA; VIRAL LOAD; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84873495080     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0055060     Document Type: Article

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