Truck drivers in Brazil: Prevalence of HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases, risk behavior and potential for spread of infection

AIDS, Supplement

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1997, Pages

  Lacerda, Regina ^a   Gravato, Neide ^a   McFarland, William ^b,d   Rutherford, George ^c   Iskrant, Katherine ^b   Stall, Ron ^b   Hearst, Norman ^b  

^a DST/AIDS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Brazil; HIV; Sexually transmitted disease; Truck drivers

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRIVER; FLUORESCENT TREPONEMA ANTIBODY TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTITUTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYPHILIS; SYPHILIS SEROLOGY;

AMERICAS; BEHAVIOR; BRAZIL; CROSS SECTIONAL ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASES; ECONOMIC FACTORS; HIV INFECTIONS--MEN; HUMAN RESOURCES; INFECTIONS; LABOR FORCE--MEN; LATIN AMERICA; PROSTITUTES; REPRODUCTIVE TRACT INFECTIONS; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; RISK BEHAVIOR--MEN; SEX BEHAVIOR--MEN; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES--MEN; SOUTH AMERICA; SYPHILIS--MEN; VIRAL DISEASES;

ADULT; BRAZIL; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK-TAKING; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 0030729413     PISSN: 13502840     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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