| dc.contributor.author | Plourde, PJ | |
| dc.contributor.author | Pepin, J | |
| dc.contributor.author | Agoki, E | |
| dc.contributor.author | Ronald, AR | |
| dc.contributor.author | Ombette, J | |
| dc.contributor.author | Tyndall, M | |
| dc.contributor.author | Cheang, M | |
| dc.contributor.author | Ndinya-Achola, JO | |
| dc.contributor.author | D'Costa, LJ | |
| dc.contributor.author | Plummer, FA | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2013-04-26T09:33:08Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2013-04-26T09:33:08Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1994 | |
| dc.identifier.citation | J Infect Dis. 1994 Aug;170(2):313-7 | en |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hinari-gw.who.int/whalecomwww.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/whalecom0/pubmed/8035016 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/16995 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Genital ulcers are implicated as a risk factor enhancing susceptibility to human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) infection. A prospective study to determine the incidence of and risk factors associated with acquisition of HIV-1 in women with genital ulcers was done. HIV-1-seronegative women with genital ulcers attending a clinic for sexually transmitted diseases in Nairobi were followed to HIV-1 seroconversion over a 6-month period. Of 81 women, 10 seroconverted to HIV-1. The crude 6-month incidence of HIV-1 infection was 12%. Risk factors associated with seroconversion included cervical ectopy (rate ratio [RR], 4.9; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.5-15.6) and pelvic inflammatory disease (RR, 6.3; 95% CI, 1.9-20.4). Thus, cervical ectopy and pelvic inflammatory disease may increase susceptibility to HIV-1 in women with genital ulcers | en |
| dc.language.iso | en | en |
| dc.title | Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 seroconversion in women with genital ulcers | en |
| dc.type | Article | en |
| local.publisher | Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Nairobi, Kenya. | en |
