Transmission and prevention of HIV and sexually transmitted infections in war settings: Implications for current and future armed conflicts

AIDS

Volumn 16, Issue 17, 2002, Pages 2245-2252

  Hankins, Catherine A ^a,b,f   Friedman, Samuel R ^c   Zafar, Tariq ^d   Strathdee, Steffanie A ^e  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b INSTITUT NATIONAL DE SANTÉ PUBLIQUE DU QUÉBEC   (Canada)

^c NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (United States)

^d Bloomberg School of Public Health ^*  (Pakistan)

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

^f UNAIDS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Afghanistan; Asia; HIV; Injection drug use; Prevention of sexual and blood borne transmission; Sexually transmitted diseases; Sexually transmitted infections; War settings

Indexed keywords

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOLDIER; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WAR;

AFGHANISTAN; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; WAR;

EID: 0037159927     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002030-200211220-00003     Document Type: Review

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