Volume 10, Number 11—November 2004
Dispatch
Commercial Logging and HIV Epidemic, Rural Equatorial Africa
Christian Laurent*
, Anke Bourgeois*†, Mireille Mpoudi†, Christelle Butel*, Martine Peeters*, Eitel Mpoudi-Ngolé†, and Eric Delaporte*
, Anke Bourgeois*†, Mireille Mpoudi†, Christelle Butel*, Martine Peeters*, Eitel Mpoudi-Ngolé†, and Eric Delaporte*Table 2
Seroprevalence of HIV infection according to sex and age in a commercial logging area, southern Cameroon, 2001a
| Age groups (y) | Men |
Women |
Both |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. tested | HIV+ (%) | 95% CI | No. tested | HIV+ (%) | 95% CI | ORb | 95% CI | |
| 15–24 | 71 | 1.4 | 0.1–7.6 | 70 | 10.0 | 4.1–19.5 | 7.78 | 0.93–64.98 |
| 25–34 | 50 | 6.0 | 1.3–16.6 | 49 | 22.5 | 11.8–36.6 | 11.38 | 0.79–163.10 |
| 35–49 | 39 | 5.1 | 0.6–17.3 | 52 | 11.5 | 4.4–23.4 | 3.25 | 0.30–35.41 |
| >50 | 64 | 1.6 | 0.1–8.4 | 81 | 4.9 | 1.4–12.2 | 3.26 | 0.36–29.95 |
| Total | 224 | 3.1 | 1.3–6.3 | 252 | 11.1 | 7.5–15.7 | 4.39 | 1.74–11.08 |
aCI, confidence interval; OR, odds ratio.
bHIV prevalence in women versus men.
