HIV Prevention Efforts and Incidence of HIV in Uganda

• Published in: The New England journal of medicine Vol. 377; no. 22; pp. 2154 - 2166
• Main Authors: Grabowski, M. Kate, Serwadda, David M, Gray, Ronald H, Nakigozi, Gertrude, Kigozi, Godfrey, Kagaayi, Joseph, Ssekubugu, Robert, Nalugoda, Fred, Lessler, Justin, Lutalo, Thomas, Galiwango, Ronald M, Makumbi, Fred, Kong, Xiangrong, Kabatesi, Donna, Alamo, Stella T, Wiersma, Steven, Sewankambo, Nelson K, Tobian, Aaron A.R, Laeyendecker, Oliver, Quinn, Thomas C, Reynolds, Steven J, Wawer, Maria J, Chang, Larry W
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Massachusetts Medical Society 30.11.2017
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adolescents; Adult; Allergies; Anti-Retroviral Agents - therapeutic use; Antiretroviral drugs; Antiretroviral therapy; Circumcision; Circumcision, Male - statistics & numerical data; Circumcision, Male - trends; Disease prevention; Drug therapy; Epidemiology; Female; Health sciences; HIV; HIV Infections - epidemiology; HIV Infections - prevention & control; HIV Infections - virology; Human immunodeficiency virus; Humans; Incidence; Infections; Infectious diseases; Longitudinal Studies; Male; Medical tests; Medicin och hälsovetenskap; Mens health; Middle Aged; Multivariate Analysis; Poisson Distribution; Population studies; Public health; Seroconversion; Sexual behavior; Sexual Behavior - statistics & numerical data; Uganda - epidemiology; Viral Load; Young Adult; Uganda
• ISSN: 0028-4793; 1533-4406; 1533-4406
• DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa1702150

Preventing HIV infection is a global priority. In this article, the association of the scale-up of male circumcision, HIV treatment, and behavioral interventions on the incidence of HIV infection was assessed in Rakai, Uganda.