AEGiS-11IAC: Are STD's primordial factors of HIV seroconversion among discordant couples.

11th International AIDS Conference


Vancouver, British Columbia — July 7-12, 1996

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Are STD's primordial factors of HIV seroconversion among discordant couples.

Int Conf AIDS 1996 Jul 7-12; 11:457 (abstract no. Pub.C.1123)
Jingu MS, Ndilu M, Kashamuka, Nzila N; Projet SIDA, Kinshasa, Zaire.

OBJECTIVE: To determine STD's place in HIV seroconversion among discordant couples

METHODOLOGY: 151 discordant couples followed for 4 years. - Gynecologic exam and HIV serology each 6 months to determine STD.

RESULTS: (table: see text)

CONCLUSION: It appears that STD among discordant couples in Zaire are not important and so not preponderant in HIV seroconversion.

Keywords: AEGIS, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, HIV Seropositivity, Democratic Republic of the Congo, ICA11KWDaegis,sexuallytransmitteddiseases,hivseropositivity,democraticrepublicofthecongo,ica11

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