The Epidemiology of HIV and HSV-2 Infections among Women Participating in Microbicide and Vaccine Feasibility Studies in Northern Tanzania

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2013, Pages

  Kapiga, Saidi H ^a,b   Ewings, Fiona M ^a,b   Ao, Tony ^b   Chilongani, Joseph ^c   Mongi, Aika ^b   Baisley, Kathy ^a   Francis, Suzanna ^a   Andreasen, Aura ^a,b   Hashim, Ramadhan ^b   Watson Jones, Deborah ^a,b   Changalucha, John ^c   Hayes, Richard ^a  

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

^b National Institute for Medical Research   (Tanzania)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HERPES SIMPLEX VACCINE; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS VACCINE; MICROBICIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TANZANIA; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AIDS VACCINES; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; COHORT STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FOOD INDUSTRY; HERPES GENITALIS; HERPESVIRUS 2, HUMAN; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MARITAL STATUS; MASS SCREENING; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; TANZANIA;

EID: 84880416347     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0068825     Document Type: Article

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