American Journal of Epidemiology Advance Access originally published online on December 8, 2006
American Journal of Epidemiology 2007 165(4):474-475; doi:10.1093/aje/kwk101
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR |
RE: "DISTINGUISHING THE TEMPORAL ASSOCIATION BETWEEN WOMEN'S INTRAVAGINAL PRACTICES AND RISK OF HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION: A PROSPECTIVE STUDY OF SOUTH AFRICAN WOMEN"
1 Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98104
2 Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98104
3 Department of Medical Microbiology, College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya
(e-mail: mcclell@u.washington.edu)
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In their study of South African women's intravaginal practices and risk of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection, Myer et al. (1) found a significant association between intravaginal practices and HIV serostatus at baseline but not during follow-up. Their results contrast with those from our prospective study of the effect of vaginal washing on HIV acquisition among