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Researchers from the United States and South Africa describe findings in HIV/AIDS studies

Published in TB and Outbreaks Week, June 27th, 2006

HIV/AIDS research advances have been reported from the United States and South Africa.

Study 1: HIV transmission risk factors among bar and hotel workers in northern Tanzania have been determined.

"We assessed baseline prevalence of human immunodeficiency virus type I (HIV-1) and other STDs, as well as behavioral and biologic risk factors for HIV-1 in a population of female bar/hotel workers in Moshi, Tanzania.

"Between 2002 and 2003, we enrolled 1042 female bar/hotel workers in an ongoing prospective cohort study. We analyzed data collected at baseline to assess the associations between alcohol, sexual behavior, STDs, and HIV-1...

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