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. 1995 Mar;171(3):686-9.
doi: 10.1093/infdis/171.3.686.

Rapid progression to disease in African sex workers with human immunodeficiency virus type 1 infection

O A Anzala  1 , N J Nagelkerke, J J Bwayo, D Holton, S Moses, E N Ngugi, J O Ndinya-Achola, F A Plummer
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Rapid progression to disease in African sex workers with human immunodeficiency virus type 1 infection

O A Anzala et al. J Infect Dis. 1995 Mar.

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  • J Infect Dis 1996 Jun;173(6):1529

Abstract

From a cohort of female sex workers in Nairobi, Kenya, 163 women were observed to seroconvert to human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) and followed to study progression to HIV-1-related disease. The effect of several covariables on disease progression was studied using a Weibull proportional hazards model. The Weibull survival model was fitted to the observed incubation times. Estimates of the median duration to CDC stage IV-A and IV-C disease were 3.5 and 4.4 years, respectively. Condom use before seroconversion was associated with a reduced risk of CDC stage IV-A disease (relative risk = .64, P < .05). The incubation time of HIV-1-related disease is extremely short in this population.

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