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Laurent Christian, Bourgeois Anke, Mpoudi Ngolé E., Butel Christel, Peeters Martine, Mpoudi Ngolé E., Delaporte Eric. (2004). Commercial logging and HIV epidemic, rural equatorial Africa. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 10 (11), p. 1953-1956. ISSN 1080-6040.

Titre du document
Commercial logging and HIV epidemic, rural equatorial Africa
Année de publication
2004
Type de document
Article référencé dans le Web of Science WOS:000224997700010
Auteurs
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.
Plan de classement
Entomologie médicale / Parasitologie / Virologie [052]
Identifiant IRD
PAR00000029
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