HIV-1 prevalence and factors associated with infection in the conflict-affected region of North Uganda
Open Access
- 1 March 2007
- journal article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in Conflict and Health
- Vol. 1 (1), 3
- https://doi.org/10.1186/1752-1505-1-3
Abstract
Since 1986, northern Uganda has been severely affected by civil strife with most of its population currently living internally displaced in protected camps. This study aims at estimating the HIV-1 prevalence among this population and the factors associated with infection.Keywords
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