• DOI:10.1097/01.aids.0000210614.45212.0a
Corpus ID: 37689433

Association between genital schistosomiasis and HIV in rural Zimbabwean women

@article{Kjetland2006AssociationBG,
  title={Association between genital schistosomiasis and HIV in rural Zimbabwean women},
  author={E. Kjetland and P. Ndhlovu and E. Gomo and T. Mduluza and N. Midzi and L. Gwanzura and P. Mason and L. Sandvik and H. Friis and S. Gundersen},
  journal={AIDS},
  year={2006},
  volume={20},
  pages={593–600}
}

E. Kjetland, P. Ndhlovu, +7 authors S. Gundersen

Published 2006

Medicine

AIDS

Objective:To determine the association between female genital Schistosoma haematobium infection and HIV. Design and methods:A cross-sectional study with a 1-year follow-up. Gynecological and laboratory investigations were performed for S. haematobium and HIV. Sexually transmitted infections, demographic and urogenital history were analysed as confounders. The participants were 527 sexually active, non-pregnant, non-menopausal women between the ages of 20 and 49 years. The setting was a rural… CONTINUE READING

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