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Table 1 Incident HIV infections by modes of transmission in five sub-Saharan Africa countries

From: Male circumcision for HIV prevention: current evidence and implementation in sub-Saharan Africa

 

% share of modes of HIV transmission in five countries

 

Uganda (2008)

Kenya (2006)

Zambia (2008)

Swaziland (2008)

Lesotho (2008)

Injecting drug users (IDUs)

0.28

4.84

0

1.1

0

Partners of IDU

0.01

0.2

0

0.1

0

Sex workers (SW)

0.91

1.25

0.75

3

0.47

SW clients

7.83

10.48

4.04

4.7

0.59

Partners of SW clients

1.81

1.1

1.81

2.6

1.68

Men who have sex with men (MSM)

0.61

4.49

0.99

3.6

2.89

Female partners of MSM

0.1

0.64

0.05

0.5

0.5

Multiple partnerships (MP)

23.73

18.31

33.96

13.4

31.04

Partners' MP (PMP)

21.76

27.74

37.03

20.8

27.45

Mutually monogamous heterosexual sex

42.89

30.14

21.19

49.8

35.15

Medical injections

0.06

0.55

0.17

0.01

0.04

Blood transfusions

0

0.24

0.02

0.02

0

  1. Bold text indicates sexual transmission [61, 78–81].