HIV Prevalence by Race Co-Varies Closely with Concurrency and Number of Sex Partners in South Africa

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Kenyon, Chris ^a,b   Buyze, Jozefien ^a   Colebunders, Robert ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CIRCUMCISION; CONCURRENT SEXUAL PARTNERSHIP; CONDOM; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOUTH AFRICA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CIRCUMCISION, MALE; CONDOMS; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SOUTH AFRICA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84877966477     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0064080     Document Type: Article

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