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The epidemiology of HIV-1 infection in urban areas, roadside settlements and rural villages in Mwanza Region, Tanzania

DOI

224

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0

References

1992

Year

Longin Barongo, Martien W. Borgdorff, Frank Mosha, Angus Nicoll, Heiner Grosskurth, Kesheni Senkoro, James Newell, John Changalucha, Arnoud Klokke, Japhet Killewo,
AIDS

Abstract

This study confirms that HIV-1 infection in this region in East Africa is more common in women than in men. The results are consistent with the spread of HIV-1 infection along the main roads. There is no evidence that lack of circumcision is a risk factor in this population.