Publications

alcohol abuse, sexual risk behaviors, and sexually transmitted infections in women in moshi urban district, northern tanzania.	to assess the covariates of alcohol abuse and the association between alcohol abuse, high-risk sexual behaviors and sexually transmitted infections (stis).	2009	19060779
high risk behaviors and sexually transmitted infections among men in tanzania.	we assessed the association between risk behaviors and sexually transmitted infections (stis) among men. we interviewed 794 men randomly selected from moshi district of tanzania. blood and urine samples were tested for stis. about 46% of the men tested positive for at least one sti including human immunodeficiency virus (hiv-1), herpes simplex virus (hsv-2), syphilis, chlamydia, trichomonas, and mycoplasma infection. multiple sexual partners, casual sex, alcohol abuse, and older age were associa ...	2009	19636698
the epidemiology of hiv-1 infection in northern tanzania: results from a community-based study.	we conducted a community-based study to determine the predictors of hiv-1 among women aged 20-44 years (n = 1,418) and their regular male partners (n = 566) from randomly selected households in moshi, tanzania. the weighted prevalence of hiv-1 was 10.3% in women and 7% in men. the highest risk of hiv-1 was in subjects whose partners were hiv-1 seropositive in both women (adjusted odds ratio (aor) = 26.63; 95% confidence interval (ci): 10.74-66.02) and men (aor = 22.25; 95%ci: 7.06-70.15). herpes ...	2006	16809117