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45.040.038.835.0HSV-2 Prevalence (Weighted %)30.025.020.015.024.026.2Figure 12.4c Prevalenceof HSV-2 amonguncircumcised men wasone and a half timeshigher than that of10.05.00.0Circumcised Uncircumcised TotalCircumcision StatusHSV‐2 prevalence among men who reported being circumcised (24.0%) was significantly lower thanHSV‐2 prevalence among uncircumcised men (38.8%).12.5 Co-infection with HIV and HSV-2Table 12.5 describes the distribution of HIV, HSV‐2, and co‐infection with HIV and HSV‐2 amongadult women and men in the <strong>2007</strong> <strong>KAIS</strong>.Table 12.5 Co-infection with HIV and HSV-2 among women and men aged 15-64 years,<strong>Kenya</strong> <strong>2007</strong>.Women Men Totaln % n % N %HIV only 119 1.3 97 1.4 216 1.4HSV-2 only 3019 34.6 1450 22.3 4469 29.3Both HIV and HSV-2 612 7.1 272 4.0 884 5.8Neither HIV nor HSV-2 5203 57.0 4935 72.3 10138 63.5Total 8953 100.0 6754 100.0 15707 100.0*Percents are weighted; frequencies are unweighted.Among adults aged 15‐64 years, 5.8% were co‐infected with HIV and HSV‐2. This represented morethan four fifths (83.6%) of all HIV‐infected persons in the <strong>2007</strong> <strong>KAIS</strong>. In the absence of HSV‐2 infection,HIV prevalence was low for both women and men (1.3% and 1.4%, respectively). Nearly 30% of all<strong>2007</strong> <strong>KAIS</strong> participants (29.3%) were infected with HSV‐2 only and not with HIV. This wassignificantly different by sex with more women (34.6%) infected with HSV‐2 only than men (22.3%).The <strong>2007</strong> <strong>KAIS</strong> data did distinguish whether a person was first infected with HIV or first infected withHSV‐2 or if they were infected with both during the same encounter.<strong>KAIS</strong> <strong>2007</strong> 222

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