Street youths are the only high-risk group for HIV in a low-prevalence South American country

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 240-242

  Lambert, Marie Laurence ^a   Torrico, Faustino ^b   Billot, Claire ^b   Mazina, Deogatias ^a   Marleen, Boelaert ^a   Van Stuyft, Patrick Der ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSIDAD MAYOR DE SAN SIMÓN   (Bolivia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; BOLIVIA; DRIVER; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; JUVENILE; MALE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREVALENCE; PRISON; PROSTITUTION; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; SOUTH AMERICA;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH SERVICES; BOLIVIA; CHILD; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMELESS YOUTH; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; PROSTITUTION; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 15744362258     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.olq.0000158493.89520.db     Document Type: Article

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