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Age Differences in Sexual Partners and Risk of HIV-1 Infection in Rural Uganda
(JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, 2003)
Gender differentials in HIV prevalence and incidence among adolescents and young adults have been observed in studies from Uganda (Fig. 1) (1–4) and other sub- Saharan Africa countries (5–7). Female adolescents are, on ...
Experiences of Sexual Coercion Among Adolescent Women: Qualitative Findings From Rakai District, Uganda
(Journal of interpersonal violence, 2008)
Limited data from low-income countries are available on the continuum of coercive experiences, the contexts in which they occur, and how adolescent women perceive and respond to coercion. This article presents results from ...
Personal and community benefits and harms of research: views from Rakai, Uganda
(Aids, 2007)
To assess what individuals in low-income countries perceive as benefits
and harms of population-based HIV/STD research.
Design: A total of 811 research participants, research decliners, and community
opinion leaders in ...
Foreskin surface area and HIV acquisition in Rakai, Uganda (size matters)
(AIDS (London, England), 2009)
Male circumcision reduces HIV acquisition in men. We assessed whether foreskin surface area was associated with HIV acquisition prior to circumcision.
In two randomized trials of male circumcision, the surface area of ...
Determinants of HIV-1 Load in Subjects with Early and Later HIV Infections, in a General-Population Cohort of Rakai, Uganda
(Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2004)
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) type 1 RNA loads were determined for 256 subjects with early (incident)
HIV infection and for 1293 subjects with later (prevalent) HIV infection, in a Ugandan cohort. Prevalent ...
Alcohol use before sex and HIV acquisition: a longitudinal study in Rakai, Uganda
(Aids, 2006)
Alcohol abuse is a major public health problem and is associated with sexually transmitted infections, but the association with HIV is unclear [2]. Alcohol use is common, and disinhibition as a result of alcohol may ...
Stochastic simulation of the impact of antiretroviral therapy and HIV vaccines on HIV transmission; Rakai, Uganda
(Aids, 2003)
To model the effects of antiretroviral therapy (ART) and HIV vaccines on HIV transmission using empirical data from studies in Rakai, Uganda. Design: A stochastic simulation model estimated HIV incidence, probabilities ...
Probability of HIV-1 transmission per coital act in monogamous, heterosexual, HIV-1-discordant couples in Rakai, Uganda
(The Lancet, 2001)
The probability of HIV-1 transmission per coital act in representative African populations is unknown. We aimed to
calculate this probability overall, and to estimate how it is affected by various factors thought to ...
Hormonal contraceptive use and HIV-1 infection in a population-based cohort in Rakai, Uganda
(Aids, 2003)
Hormonal contraceptives have been associated with increased risk of HIV acquisition.
Methods: The association between hormonal contraception use and HIV acquisition was assessed in a rural community-based cohort in Rakai ...
Survival of Infants Born to HIV-Positive Mothers, by Feeding Modality, in Rakai, Uganda
(PLoS ONE, 2008)
Data comparing survival of formula-fed to breast-fed infants in programmatic settings are limited. We compared mortality and HIV-free of breast and formula-fed infants born to HIV-positive mothers in a program in rural, ...