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. 2009 Nov 24;6(11):e1000187. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1000187

Table 3. HIV incidence by self-reported GUD and HSV-2 status and study arm.

Intervention Control
HSV-2 Status at Enrollment HIV Cases/py HIV Incidence/100 py HIV Cases/py HIV Incidence/100 py IRR Intervention/Control (95% CI)
All 36/4,825.5 0.78 69/4,846.0 1.44 0.54 (0.35–0.78)
GUD symptoms 5/173 2.89 16/303.5 5.27 0.55 (0.20–1.50)
No GUD 31/4,652.5 0.70 53/4,542.5 1.18 0.57 (0.37–0.89)
HSV-2 positive
All 21/1,392 1.51 23/1,358.5 1.69 0.89 (0.49–1.60)
GUD symptoms 3/74 4.1 5/117.5 4.26 0.92 (0.15–4.90)
No GUD 18/1,318 1.37 18/1,241 1.45 0.94 (0.49–1.81)
HSV-2 indeterminate
All 3/501 0.60 14/519 2.70 0.22 (0.04–0.80)
GUD symptoms 1/25 4.00 3/44 6.82 0.59 (0.01–7.31)
No GUD 2/476 0.83 11/475 2.32 0.18 (0.02–0.83)
HSV-2 seroconverters
All 5/221 2.26 12/296.5 4.05 0.56 (0.19–1.57)
GUD symptoms 1/15.5 6.45 4/40.5 9.88 0.65 (0.01–6.60)
No GUD 4/205.5 1.95 8/256 3.13 0.62 (0.14–2.32)
HSV-2 negative
All 7/2,711.5 0.26 20/2,672 0.77 0.34 (0.15–0.81)
GUD symptoms 0/58.5 0 4/101.5 3.94 0.0 (0.0–2.63)
No GUD 7/2,653 0.26 16/2,570.5 0.64 0.42 (0.17–1.03)

95% CI based on an exact test when cell size was <5 observations.