Extraspousal partnerships in a community in rural Uganda with high HIV prevalence: a cross-sectional population-based study using linked spousal data.

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Published in J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr on September 01, 2011

Authors

Ivan Kasamba1, Elizabeth Sully, Helen A Weiss, Kathy Baisley, Dermot Maher

Author Affiliations

1: Medical Research Council (MRC)/Uganda Virus Research Institute (UVRI) Uganda Research Unit on AIDS, Entebbe, Uganda.

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