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PMID: 22592828
Title: High HIV incidence and socio behavioral risk patterns in fishing communities on the shores of Lake Victoria Uganda
Abstract: We report on HIV acquisition and its associated risk factors in 5 fishing communities on the shores of Lake Victoria in Uganda. A cohort of 1000 HIV-uninfected at-risk volunteers aged 13 to 49 years were recruited in 2009 and followed up for 18 months.
Date: 1970-08-20
Year: 2012
Journal: Sex Transm Dis
PMID Author: Seeley J, Nakiyingi-Miiro J, Kamali A, Mpendo J, Asiki G, Abaasa A, De Bont J, Nielsen L, Kaleebu P
IAVI Topics: HIV Epidemiology
IAVI Keywords: Fishing Communities

High HIV incidence and socio behavioral risk patterns in fishing communities on the shores of Lake Victoria Uganda

High HIV incidence and socio-behavioral risk patterns in fishing communities on the shores of Lake Victoria, Uganda. Sex Transm Dis 2012;39(6):433-9 doi: 10.1097/OLQ.0b013e318251555d

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