Male circumcision and sexual risk behaviors may contribute to considerable ethnic disparities in HIV prevalence in Kenya: An ecological analysis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2014, Pages

  Kenyon, Chris Richard ^a,b   Vu, Lung ^c   Menten, Joris ^a   Maughan Brown, Brendan ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c POPULATION COUNCIL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; CIRCUMCISION; CONDOM; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HIV TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RISK; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYGAMY; PREMARITAL SEX; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ETHNOLOGY; EXTRAMARITAL SEX; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; MIDDLE AGED;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CIRCUMCISION, MALE; EXTRAMARITAL RELATIONS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; KENYA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK-TAKING;

EID: 84911891792     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0106230     Document Type: Article

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