作者: Amelia Catharine Crampin , Andreas Jahn , Masiya Kondowe , Bagrey M Ngwira , Joanne Hemmings
DOI: 10.1097/QAI.0B013E31817236C4
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摘要: Antenatal clinic (ANC) surveillance is the primary source of HIV prevalence estimates in low-resource settings. In younger women approximates incidence. Sexual behavior monitoring to explain distribution and trends seldom attempted ANC surveys. We explore use marital history as a proxy for sexual behavior. Five clinics rural African district participated from 1999 2004. Unlinked anonymous testing interviews (including age at first sex socioeconomic variables) were conducted. Data on aged less than 25 years analyzed. Inferred exposure before marriage after increased adjusted odds infection with by more 0.1 each year exposure. Increasing within did not increase risk. After adjusting recent birth cohorts likely be infected. Marital status useful behavioral information can collected Exposure an ongoing this group. decreased over time young women. programs should develop questions particularly (authors)