Laurent Christian, Bourgeois Anke, Mpoudi Ngolé E., Butel Christel, Peeters Martine, Mpoudi Ngolé E., Delaporte Eric
Source
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2004,
10 (11), p. 1953-1956 ISSN 1080-6040
We found a high seroprevalence of HIV among young women in a commercial logging area in Cameroon. The vulnerability of these young women could be related to commercial logging and the social and economic networks it induces. The environmental changes related to this industry in Equatorial Africa may facilitate HIV dissemination.