Extent and speed of spread of HIV infection in India through the commercial sex networks: A perspective

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 1040-1061

  Venkataramana, C B S ^a   Sarada, P V ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Government of Andhra Pradesh   (India)

Author keywords

Clients; Condom use; Estimates; Female sex workers; Human immunodeficiency virus; India; Infectivity; Sexually transmitted infections

Indexed keywords

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; PROSTITUTION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE;

ARTICLE; CONDOM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; INDIA; INFECTION RATE; MALE; MODEL; PREVALENCE; PROSTITUTION; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

CONDOMS; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PROSTITUTION; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES;

INDIA;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; RNA VIRUSES;

EID: 0035655703     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.2001.00814.x     Document Type: Article

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