Trends in concurrency, polygyny, and multiple sex partnerships during a decade of declining HIV prevalence in eastern Zimbabwe

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 210, Issue , 2014, Pages S562-S568

  Eaton, Jeffrey W ^a   Takavarasha, Felicia R ^b   Schumacher, Christina M ^d   Mugurungi, Owen ^c   Garnett, Geoffrey P ^e   Nyamukapa, Constance ^a,b   Gregson, Simon ^a,b  

^a ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Biomedical Research and Training Institute   (United Kingdom)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND CHILD CARE   (Zimbabwe)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e BILL AND MELINDA GATES FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior change; Concurrency; Divorce; HIV; Multiple partnerships; Polygyny; Zimbabwe

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CASUAL SEX; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONCURRENT SEXUAL PARTNERSHIP; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIVORCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; MALE; MARRIED MAN; POLYGYNY; POPULATION; RISK FACTOR; WIFE; ZIMBABWE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; EXTRAMARITAL SEX; HIV INFECTIONS; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRANSMISSION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; DIVORCE; EXTRAMARITAL RELATIONS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK; YOUNG ADULT; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 84923148464     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: 15376613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jiu415     Document Type: Article

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