Authors
Bertran Auvert, Ron Ballard, Catherine Campbell, Michel Caraël, Matthieu Carton, Glenda Fehler, Eleanor Gouws, Catherine MacPhail, Dirk Taljaard, Johannes Van Dam, Brian Williams
Publication date
2001/5/4
Journal
Aids
Volume
15
Issue
7
Pages
885-898
Publisher
LWW
Description
Objectives
To determine the seroprevalence of HIV and herpes simplex virus-2 (HSV-2) by age and gender among young people aged 14-24 years in a South African town and to identify risk factors for HIV infection.
Design
A community-based, cross-sectional study was conducted on a random sample of men (n= 723) and women (n= 784) living in a township in the Carletonville district of South Africa.
Methods
Potential demographic and behavioural risk factors associated with HIV were recorded by questionnaire and biological tests were performed on serum and urine. Data analysis was performed using multivariate logistic regression.
Results
Among men and women the prevalence of HIV infection was 9.4 and 34.4%, respectively, and of positive HSV-2 serology was 17.0 and 53.3%, respectively. Among 24-year-old women the prevalence of HIV was 66.7%[95% confidence interval (CI), 54.6–77.3%]. HSV-2 …
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