The potential for rapid sexual transmission of HIV in China: Sexually transmitted diseases and condom failure highly prevalent among female sex workers

AIDS and Behavior

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 267-275

  Qu, Shuquan ^a   Liu, Wei ^b   Choi, Kyung Hee ^c   Li, Rongjian ^b   Jiang, Deyuan ^d   Zhou, Yuejiao ^b   Tian, Fang ^a   Chu, Priscilla Lee ^e   Shi, Huang ^a   Zheng, Xiwen ^a   Mandel, Jeffrey ^c  

^a CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^b Provincial HIV/AIDS Surveillance and Testing Center   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Municipal Anti epidemic Station   (China)

^e City and County of San Francisco ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

China; Female sex worker; HIV; Risk factor; Sexually transmitted diseases

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CHINA; CONDOM; DISEASE MARKER; FEMALE; FEMALE WORKER; HEALTH SURVEY; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; SEXUALITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SPOUSE; SYPHILIS;

EID: 0036755820     PISSN: 10907165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1019848026130     Document Type: Article

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