Behavior assessment of blood donors facing the risk of HIV infection, Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire, 2001-2002

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 618-621

  Minga, Albert K ^a,d   Huët, Charlotte ^a   Dohoun, Lambert ^a   Abo, Yao ^a   Bonard, Dominique ^a   Gourvellec, G ^a   Coulibaly, Ali ^a   Konaté, Seidou ^b   Dabis, Francois ^c   Salamon, Roger ^c  

^a FonSIDA   (Côte d’Ivoire)

^b Ctr Natl de Transfusion Sanguine   (Côte d’Ivoire)

^c INSERM   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

Author keywords

Africa; Assessment; Behavior; Blood donors; HIV; Risk of infection

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BLOOD DONOR; CONDOM; COTE D'IVOIRE; COUNSELING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROCONVERSION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

BLOOD DONORS; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; COTE D'IVOIRE; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; RISK-TAKING; SAFETY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 20244382837     PISSN: 15254135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.qai.0000141221.20346.65     Document Type: Article

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