Open AccessHuman Papillomavirus Seropositivity and Subsequent Risk of HIV Acquisition in Rural South African Women
Author(s) -
Frank Tanser,
Kyle G Jones,
Johannes Viljoen,
John Imrie,
Erofili Grapsa,
Marie-Louìse Newell
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
sexually transmitted diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.507
H-Index - 105
eISSN - 1537-4521
pISSN - 0148-5717
DOI - 10.1097/olq.0b013e3182918578
Subject(s) - medicine , serostatus , odds ratio , population , demography , confidence interval , context (archaeology) , logistic regression , immunology , environmental health , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , viral load , sociology , paleontology , biology
This study aimed to provide a population-based estimate of human papillomavirus (HPV) seropositivity for women in a rural African context and to evaluate the impact of HPV serostatus on subsequent acquisition of HIV outside a clinical setting.