Commercial logging and HIV epidemic, rural Equatorial Africa

Emerg Infect Dis. 2004 Nov;10(11):1953-6. doi: 10.3201/eid1011.040180.

Abstract

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.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Cameroon / epidemiology
  • Cross-Sectional Studies
  • Female
  • HIV Infections / epidemiology*
  • Humans
  • Industry*
  • Middle Aged
  • Seroepidemiologic Studies
  • Trees