Risk factors for HIV infection among sex workers in Johannesburg, South Africa

International Journal of STD and AIDS

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 256-261

  Dunkle, K L ^a   Beksinska, Mags E ^b,d   Rees, V H ^b   Ballard, R C ^c   Htun, Ye ^c   Wilson, M L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR COMMUNICABLE DISEASES   (South Africa)

^d Reproductive Health Research Unit   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Africa; HIV; Sex workers; Sexually transmitted infection

Indexed keywords

CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; NONOXINOL 9; SPERMICIDAL AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONDOM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTITUTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOUTH AFRICA; SYPHILIS; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; VAGINA DISCHARGE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CONDOMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; PROSTITUTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 16344377692     PISSN: 09564624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/0956462053420220     Document Type: Review

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