       Document 0340
 DOCN  M9640340
 TI    Prevalence and risk factors of HIV-1 infection in three parishes in
       western Uganda.
 DT    9604
 AU    Kipp W; Kabwa P; Verbeck A; Fischer P; Eggert P; Buttner DW; Deutsche
       Gesellschaft fur Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ), Fort; Portal.
 SO    Trop Med Parasitol. 1995 Sep;46(3):141-6. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE
       MED/96105991
 AB    A population-based serosurvey was conducted to determine the HIV-1
       prevalence and to evaluate various risk factors in three parishes in
       western Uganda. Adults over 14 years were examined in all 13 villages of
       Kigoyera parish far from Fort Portal, in two villages of Kyamukoka
       parish closer to Fort Portal and in the four fishing villages of Ntoroko
       parish at Lake Albert with a high population mobility. Personal
       interviews and HIV serology using ELISA and Western blot were performed.
       Sera showing at least two envelope bands in the Western blot were
       considered as positive. The coverage of the registered eligible
       population was 74% in Kigoyera, 67% in Kyamukoka and 25% in Ntoroko. The
       prevalence of HIV was 4% (97 of 2267 persons examined, 95% CI 3.4-5.1%)
       in Kigoyera, a typical rural area. Whereas it was 13% (53 of 393 persons
       examined, 95% CI 10.1-16.9%) in Kyamukoka near to the district capital
       and exceptionally high with 24% (96 of 399 persons examined, 95% CI
       19.9-28.3%) in the comparatively isolated fishing villages of Ntoroko.
       In a multivariate model the infection risk for HIV was in Kyamukoka two
       and in Ntoroko five times higher than in Kigoyera. Among the two main
       ethnic groups one had a significantly lower risk to acquire HIV
       infection than the other group. CONCLUSIONS: Because of their large
       proportion of migrating persons the fishing villages presented
       populations with high risks for HIV infection. The ethnic composition of
       the village population, representing group specific sexual behaviour,
       was a risk factor for HIV infection.
 DE    Adolescence  Adult  Ethnic Groups  Female  Follow-Up Studies
       Helminthiasis/EPIDEMIOLOGY  Human  HIV Seropositivity/*EPIDEMIOLOGY
       *HIV Seroprevalence  *HIV-1  Longitudinal Studies  Male  Middle Age
       Models, Statistical  Multivariate Analysis  Reproducibility of Results
       Risk Factors  Rural Population  Uganda/EPIDEMIOLOGY  JOURNAL ARTICLE

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