Has the HIV epidemic in rural Mwanza, Tanzania reached a plateau?
Mwita, W.; Chilongani, J.; White, R.; Mshana, G.; Changalucha, J.; Mosha, F.; Ross, D.; Zaba, B.; Todd, J.
Tanzania Journal of Health Research 10(3): 117-123
2008
ISSN/ISBN: 1821-6404 PMID: 19024335 Document Number: 203182
Data from studies in Mwanza Region in Tanzania suggest stabilising HIV prevalence. The objective was to determine the factors that may have contributed to the relatively stable pattern of the HIV prevalence observed in the comparison communities of the Mwanza STD treatment trial in rural Mwanza Region, Tanzania between 1991 and 2001.
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