Disinhibition in Risky Sexual Behavior in Men, but Not Women, during Four Years of Antiretroviral Therapy in Rural, Southwestern Uganda

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2013, Pages

  Kembabazi, Annet ^a   Bajunirwe, Francis ^a   Hunt, Peter W ^b   Martin, Jeffrey N ^b   Muzoora, Conrad ^a   Haberer, Jessica E ^c   Bangsberg, David R ^c,d   Siedner, Mark J ^c  

^a MBARARA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Uganda)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CONCURRENT SEXUAL PARTNERSHIP; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION CONTROL; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL AREA; SAFE SEX; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PRACTICE; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; TREATMENT DURATION; UGANDA; UNPROTECTED SEX; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADULT; ANTI-HIV AGENTS; ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY, HIGHLY ACTIVE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; DANGEROUS BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; RURAL POPULATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UGANDA; UNSAFE SEX;

EID: 84880469329     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0069634     Document Type: Article

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