Objective To assess the influence of marital status and other correlates on HIV infection
among women in Nigeria. Methods Data were extracted from the 2012 Nigerian population …

Objective: Until recently, HIV prevalence has been based on estimates from antenatal
sentinel surveys which have been found to overestimate HIV prevalence among the general …

Objective. Available evidence on the relationship between marital status and HIV is
contradictory. The objective of this study was to determine HIV prevalence among married …

Marital status is one of the factors whose impact on HIV infection has always been studied
but contradictory findings have been reported. The drastic changes in marriage patterns in …

This study was conducted to determine the pattern of HIV sero-status of Partners of HIV
Positive Pregnant Women in three different regions of Nigeria and to explore the …

Background Although married couples can be at an elevated risk of HIV infection, few
studies have explored the risk factors for HIV infection at the couple-level. We explored the …

South Africa has experienced declining marriage rates and the increasing practice of
cohabitation without marriage. This study aims to improve the understanding of the …

Objective Studies on associations between marriage and HIV infection among women in
sub-Saharan Africa are generally inconclusive. Not enough is known about HIV risks among …

Objective: Studies suggest that the prevalence of HIV is higher among long-term
marital/consensual relationships than in the unmarried. We assessed the risk of incident HIV …

The aim of this study was to determine HIV-1 incidence among women of reproductive age
in Malawi. A prospective study design was followed. HIV-1 uninfected women were followed …