Characteristics associated with prevalent HIV infection among a cohort of sex workers in Cameroon

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 131-135

  Ryan, Kelley A ^a   Roddy, Ronald E ^a   Zekeng, Leopold ^b   Weir, Sharon S ^a   Tamoufé, Ubald ^b  

^a FAMILY HEALTH INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b MINISTRY OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

Cameroon; Cross sectional study; HIV seroprevalence; Sex workers

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CAMEROON; CHILD; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTITUTION; SEROPREVALENCE;

EID: 0031968538     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sti.74.2.131     Document Type: Article

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