Objective Worldwide, an estimated 125 million girls and women live with female genital
mutilation/cutting (FGM/C). We aimed to systematically review the evidence for physical …

We did a systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies of the risk of HIV-1
transmission per heterosexual contact. 43 publications comprising 25 different study …

Gender-based violence (GBV) against women and girls is pervasive and has negative
consequences for sexual and reproductive health (SRH). In this systematic review of …

Human immunodeficiency virus type-2 (HIV-2) is a close relative of the prototype acquired
immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) virus, HIV-1. HIV-2 is biologically similar to HIV-1, but …

Because of the similar virological properties of HIV types 1 and 2, HIV-2 was assumed to be
as infectious and capable of inducing AIDS as HIV-1. Seroepidemiological studies have …

From a prospective cohort study of 1948 initially human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)
uninfected female commercial sex workers followed between 1985 and 1999 in Dakar …

At least 10 different genetic human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) subtypes (A—J)
are responsible for the AIDS pandemic. Much of the understanding of HIV-1 disease …

Human immunodeficiency virus type 2 (HIV-2) is less pathogenic than HIV type 1 (HIV-1),
but the mechanisms underlying this difference have not been defined. We developed an …

Over 14 million people are estimated to be infected with the human immunodeficiency
viruses (HIV), with nearly three-fourths of the infected persons residing in developing …

Levels of virus in the plasma are closely related to the pathogenicity of human
immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1). HIV-2 is much less pathogenic than HIV-1, and …