1. HIV Incidence Rates and Risk Factors for Urban Women in Zambia: Preparing for a Microbicide Clinical Trial.
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Kapina, Muzala, Reid, Cheri, Roman, Karisse, Cyrus-Cameron, Elena, Kwiecien, Antonia, Weiss, Stephen, and Vermund, Sten H.
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HIV , *DISEASE prevalence , *DISEASE incidence , *DRUG efficacy , *PREPAREDNESS , *CLINICAL trials , *HIV-positive women , *PREVENTIVE medicine - Abstract
The article presents a preparedness study aimed at evaluating the suitability of sites and populations in urban Zambia following the same study procedures intended for a larger scale microbicide efficacy trial. In this study, researchers evaluated human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) incidence, prevalence, and risk profiles for HIV-acquisition among young women of the said country. Researchers conclude that their general population sample, characterized by high HIV prevalence and ongoing incidence rates despite receiving regular risk reduction counseling and free condoms, qualifies for future microbicide studies. They also found that a microbicide preparedness study in Lusaka have high HIV prevalence and appreciable HIV incidence in a population of women in an urban setting.
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- 2009
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