Heterosexual transmission accounts for the majority of cases in India, an epicentre of the
HIV/AIDS pandemic, with increasing rates of infection in married women contracting HIV …

In countries such as India, men who have same-sex partnerships may marry women due to
cultural pressures regardless of their sexual desires and preferences. The wives of such …

A retrospective study was conducted on 134 HIV-infected females evaluated at an HIV/AIDS
centre in south India to characterize their socio-demographics, HIV risk factors and initial …

There is still a paucity of research on the sociodemographic and other underlying factors
associated with HIV transmission among women in India. This study was designed to …

Objective: To understand women's perceptions of their own HIV risk and to determine the
feasibility of conducting an HIV prevention study. Methods: Two focus groups were …

Formative data on the sexual behaviors of HIV–infected individuals in regions
disproportionately affected by the epidemic can help generate hypotheses about sexual risk …

The estimate of cumulative HIV-positive persons in India by the end of 1994 ranges from
900,000 to 1.9 million. The corresponding figures projected for 2000 are 2.1 million to 6.7 …

OBJECTIVE: To qualitatively explore potential mechanisms that may confer heightened risk
for HIV infection among survivors of sex trafficking in India. METHODS: Case narratives of 61 …

In South India, where the majority of the country's cases of HIV are concentrated,
transmission of infection occurs mainly within networks composed of female sex workers …

This study investigated the relationships of health beliefs and HIV/AIDS knowledge with
frequency of condom use among women of childbearing age in four major Indian cities …