Is sexually transmitted infection management among sex workers still able to mitigate the spread of HIV infection in West Africa?

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 454-458

  Nagot, Nicolas ^a   Ouedraogo, Abdoulaye ^a   Ouangre, Amadou ^a   Cartoux, Michel ^a   Defer, Marie Christine ^a   Meda, Nicolas ^a   Van De Perre, Philippe ^a  

^a CENTRE MURAZ   (Burkina Faso)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Herpes simplex virus 2; HIV acquisition; Sex workers; Sexually transmitted infection; West Africa

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONDOM; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; FEMALE WORKER; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTITUTION; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; TRICHOMONIASIS; VAGINITIS; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BURKINA FASO; COHORT STUDIES; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; CONDOMS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; PARASITIC DISEASES; PROSTITUTION; RISK FACTORS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES, BACTERIAL;

EID: 22344451523     PISSN: 15254135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.qai.0000152399.54648.b9     Document Type: Article

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