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Sexual risk behaviour in a cohort of HIV-negative and HIV-positive Rwandan women

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dc.contributor.author Mukanyangezi, M.F. et al.
dc.date.accessioned 2019-12-23T14:34:51Z
dc.date.available 2019-12-23T14:34:51Z
dc.date.issued 2019
dc.identifier.citation EPIDEMIOLOGY AND INFECTION Volume: 147 en_US
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/565
dc.description Research article en_US
dc.description.abstract Here we wanted to assess whether sexual risk behaviour differs dependent by human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) status by following 100 HIV- and 137 HIV+ women recruited at two university teaching hospitals in Rwanda. Women were tested for sexually transmitted infections (STIs; trichomoniasis, syphilis, hepatitis B and C) and for reproductive tract infections (RTIs; candidiasis, bacterial vaginosis (BV)) and were interviewed at baseline and 9 months later. BV was the most prevalent infection, while syphilis was the most common STI with a 9-month incidence of 10.9% in HIV+ women. Only 24.5% of women positive for any RTI/STI contacted their health facility and got treatment. More HIV- women than HIV+ women had had more than one sexual partner and never used condoms during the follow-up period. The use of condoms was affected neither by marital status nor by concomitant STIs besides HIV. Our data highlight the importance of public education regarding condom use to protect against STIs in an era when HIV no longer is a death sentence. en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS, 32 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS, NEW YORK, NY 10013-2473 USA en_US
dc.subject Infectious disease epidemiology--HIV en_US
dc.subject Sexually transmitted infections en_US
dc.subject Condom use en_US
dc.subject High prevalence--HIV en_US
dc.title Sexual risk behaviour in a cohort of HIV-negative and HIV-positive Rwandan women en_US
dc.type Article en_US


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