High Burden of Prevalent and Recently Acquired HIV among Female Sex Workers and Female HIV Voluntary Testing Center Clients in Kigali, Rwanda

Sarah L. Braunstein; Chantal M. Ingabire; Eveline Geubbels; Joseph Vyankandondera; Marie-Michèle Umulisa; Elysée Gahiro; Mireille Uwineza; Coosje J. Tuijn; Denis Nash; Janneke H. H. M. van de Wijgert

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0024321

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High Burden of Prevalent and Recently Acquired HIV among Female Sex Workers and Female HIV Voluntary Testing Center Clients in Kigali, Rwanda

Sarah L. Braunstein ,

* E-mail: braunstein.sarah@gmail.com

Current address: New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, New York, New York, United States of America

Affiliation Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, New York, United States of America
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Chantal M. Ingabire,

Affiliation Projet Ubuzima, Kigali, Rwanda
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Eveline Geubbels,

Affiliations Projet Ubuzima, Kigali, Rwanda, Academic Medical Center of the University of Amsterdam, Department of Internal Medicine, and Amsterdam Institute for Global Health and Development, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Joseph Vyankandondera,

Affiliations Projet Ubuzima, Kigali, Rwanda, Belgian Development Agency, Kigali, Rwanda
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Marie-Michèle Umulisa,

Affiliation Projet Ubuzima, Kigali, Rwanda
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Elysée Gahiro,

Affiliation Projet Ubuzima, Kigali, Rwanda
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Mireille Uwineza,

Affiliation Projet Ubuzima, Kigali, Rwanda
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Coosje J. Tuijn,

Affiliations Projet Ubuzima, Kigali, Rwanda, Academic Medical Center of the University of Amsterdam, Department of Internal Medicine, and Amsterdam Institute for Global Health and Development, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Denis Nash,

Current address: CUNY School of Public Health at Hunter College, New York, New York, United States of America

Affiliation Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, New York, United States of America
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Janneke H. H. M. van de Wijgert

Affiliations Projet Ubuzima, Kigali, Rwanda, Academic Medical Center of the University of Amsterdam, Department of Internal Medicine, and Amsterdam Institute for Global Health and Development, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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High Burden of Prevalent and Recently Acquired HIV among Female Sex Workers and Female HIV Voluntary Testing Center Clients in Kigali, Rwanda

Sarah L. Braunstein,
Chantal M. Ingabire,
Eveline Geubbels,
Joseph Vyankandondera,
Marie-Michèle Umulisa,
Elysée Gahiro,
Mireille Uwineza,
Coosje J. Tuijn,
Denis Nash,
Janneke H. H. M. van de Wijgert

Published: September 19, 2011
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0024321

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