Objective: To explore how sexual and marital trajectories are associated with HIV infection
among ever-married women in rural Malawi. Methods: Retrospective survey data and HIV …

BACKGROUND: Tanzania is the country hit the hardest by the HIV epidemic in Sub-Saharan
Africa. The present study was carried out to examine the factors of HIV infection among …

Objective: To identify factors associated with prevalent HIV in a national HIV survey in
Kenya. Methods: The Kenya AIDS Indicator Survey was a nationally representative …

Objectives: To assess whether differences in age between sexual partners affect the risk of
HIV infection in female adolescents and young adults. Methods: A total of 6177 ever sexually …

Objective: To examine whether proviral load is important for transmission between spouses,
since we have previously found that the proviral load of HIV-2 predicts the severity of …

Background HIV incidence is a useful tool for improving the targeting of populations for
interventions and assessing the effectiveness of prevention strategies. A study in Harare …

Objective To estimate prevalence of HIV infection in Nigeria and to examine variations by
geopolitical zones and study characteristics to inform policy, practice and research. Methods …

To identify risk factors for HIV infection among women not known to be members of high-risk
groups in Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania, and assess associations between contraceptive use …

The paper investigates the complex relationships between premarital fertility and HIV/AIDS
in sub-Saharan African countries. The DHS surveys provided data to compute the …