Preventing HIV infection: lessons from Mwanza and Rakai

Preventing HIV infection: lessons from Mwanza and Rakai

Studies on interactions between STDs and HIV and the Mwanza and Rakai findings suggest that prevention and control of STDs before or early in this epidemic will probably reduce STDs in the highly active core population and will have a major impact on the spread of HIV.

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Veröffentlicht in:The Lancet (British edition) 1999-02, Vol.353 (9152), p.513-515
Hauptverfasser: Hitchcock, Penny, Fransen, Lieve
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
AIDS/HIV
Developing Countries
Disease Outbreaks - prevention & control
Female
HIV
HIV Infections - epidemiology
HIV Infections - prevention & control
Human immunodeficiency virus
Humans
Male
Medical research
Population
Prevalence
Sexually transmitted diseases
Sexually Transmitted Diseases - epidemiology
Sexually Transmitted Diseases - prevention & control
STD
Tanzania - epidemiology
Uganda - epidemiology
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Zusammenfassung:Studies on interactions between STDs and HIV and the Mwanza and Rakai findings suggest that prevention and control of STDs before or early in this epidemic will probably reduce STDs in the highly active core population and will have a major impact on the spread of HIV.
ISSN:0140-6736
1474-547X
DOI:10.1016/S0140-6736(99)00031-8