High Rates of Sexual Contact with Female Sex Workers, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, and Condom Neglect among HIV-Infected and Uninfected Men with Tuberculosis in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 183-187

  Sassan Morokro, Madeleine ^a   Greenberg, Alan E ^a,b,e   Coulibaly, Issa Malick ^c   Coulibaly, Doulhourou ^c   Sidibé, Kassim ^a   Ackah, Alain ^a   Tossou, Odette ^a   Gnaore, Emmanuel ^a,d   Wiktor, Stefan Z ^a,b   De Cock, Kevin M ^a,b  

^a Project RETRO CI   (Côte d’Ivoire)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c Centres Antituberculeux ^*

^d Prog Natl de Lutte contre le SIDA   (Côte d’Ivoire)

^e Project RETRO CI Abidjan   (Côte d’Ivoire)

Author keywords

Abidjan; HIV Risk factors; STD; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CIRCUMCISION; CONDOM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMALE WORKER; GENITAL ULCER; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROSTITUTION; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL; URETHRITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; CONDOMS; COTE D'IVOIRE; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HIV ANTIBODIES; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HIV-2; HUMANS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTITUTION; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

EID: 0004534586     PISSN: 15254135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042560-199602010-00010     Document Type: Article

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