The African AIDS Epidemic

Authors:

PCPat Caldwell
Pat Caldwell

1 March 1996

journal article
Published by Springer Nature in Scientific American

Vol. 274 (3) , 62-68
DOI:10.1038/scientificamerican0396-62
PMID:8607017

Abstract

In parts of sub-Saharan Africa, nearly 25 percent of the population is HIV-positive as a result of heterosexual transmission of the virus. Could lack of circumcision make men in this region particularly susceptible?

Keywords

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
MEDICINE
HEALTH
BEHAVIOR
HETEROSEXUALS