Sexual transmission of hepatitis B virus, hepatitis C virus, and human immunodeficiency virus type 1 infections among male transvestite comercial sex workers in Montevideo, Uruguay

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 716-720

  Russi, Jose C ^a   Serra, Margarita ^a   Viñoles, Jose ^a   Perez M T ^a   Ruchansky, D ^a   Alonso, G ^a   Sanchez, Jose L ^b   Russell, Kevin L ^d   Montano, Silvia M ^c   Negrete, Monica ^e   Weissenbacher, Mercedes ^f  

^a MINISTERIO DE SALUD PÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

^b WALTER REED ARMY INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^c Peru   (Peru)

^d NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^e MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES   (Switzerland)

^f UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG ABUSE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; TRANSVESTISM; TRAVEL; URUGUAY; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ADOLESCENT; BLOOD; EPIDEMIOLOGY; IMMUNOLOGY; PROSTITUTION; VIROLOGY;

DNA VIRUSES; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; RNA VIRUSES;

HEPATITIS B ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODIES; HIV ANTIBODIES; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; MALE; PROSTITUTION; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES, VIRAL; TRANSVESTISM; URUGUAY;

EID: 0042737839     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2003.68.716     Document Type: Article

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