Commercial logging and HIV epidemic, rural Equatorial Africa.
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.
Laurent
Christian
C
Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (UMR 145), Montpellier, France. Christian.Laurent@mpl.ird.fr
Bourgeois
Anke
A
Mpoudi
Mirelle
M
Butel
Christelle
C
Peeters
Martine
M
Mpoudi-Ngolé
Eitel
E
Delaporte
Eric
E
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002163:Cameroon / Q000453:epidemiology; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D007221:Industry; D008875:Middle Aged; D016036:Seroepidemiologic Studies; D014197:Trees