High HIV incidence and socio-behavioral risk patterns in fishing communities on the shores of Lake Victoria, Uganda.

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Published in Sex Transm Dis on June 01, 2012

Authors

Janet Seeley1, Jessica Nakiyingi-Miiro, Anatoli Kamali, Juliet Mpendo, Gershim Asiki, Andrew Abaasa, Jan De Bont, Leslie Nielsen, Pontiano Kaleebu, CHIVTUM Study Team

Author Affiliations

1: Medical Research Council/Uganda Virus Research Institute, Uganda Research Unit on AIDS, Entebbe, Uganda. janet.seeley@mrcuganda.org

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