HIV infection and high risk behaviour among patients attending an STD referral clinic in Prague, Czech Republic

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 128-130

  Mikl, J ^a   Sudar, Z ^b   Smith, P F ^a,b   Bruckova, M ^c   Jedlicka, J ^c   Kastankova, V ^d   Tryzna, R ^d   DeHovitz, J ^e  

^a NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c National Reference Laboratory on AIDS   (Czech Republic)

^d Apolinar Clinic   (Czech Republic)

^e STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Czech Republic; Epidemiology; HIV 1 infection; Risk factors; Sexual transmission; STDs

Indexed keywords

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CZECH REPUBLIC; DRUG USE; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; INJECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONSPECIFIC URETHRITIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTITUTION; RISK FACTOR; SEROLOGY; SEROPREVALENCE; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYPHILIS; VENEREAL DISEASE REACTION TEST;

EID: 0031978548     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sti.74.2.128     Document Type: Article

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