Missed Study Visits and Subsequent HIV Incidence Among Women in a Predominantly Sex Worker Cohort Attending a Dedicated Clinic Service in Kampala, Uganda

• Published in: Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999) Vol. 82; no. 4; p. 343
• Main Authors: Kasamba, Ivan, Nash, Stephen, Shahmanesh, Maryam, Baisley, Kathy, Todd, Jim, Kamacooko, Onesmus, Mayanja, Yunia, Seeley, Janet, Weiss, Helen A
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.12.2019
• Subjects: Adult; Cohort Studies; Female; HIV Infections - epidemiology; HIV Infections - prevention & control; Humans; Incidence; Middle Aged; Proportional Hazards Models; Sex Workers; Sexually Transmitted Diseases - epidemiology; Uganda - epidemiology; Uganda

There is limited evidence on the relationship between sustained exposure of female sex workers (FSWs) to targeted HIV programmes and HIV incidence. We investigate the relationship between the number of missed study visits (MSVs) within each episode of 2 consecutively attended visits (MSVs) and subse...