Prevalences, genotypes, and risk factors for HIV transmission in South America

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 57-64

  Montano, Silvia M ^a   Sanchez, Jose L ^a,b,f   Laguna Torres, Alberto ^a   Cuchi, Paloma ^c   Avila, Maria M ^d   Weissenbacher, Mercedes ^d   Serra, Margarita ^d   Viñoles, Jose ^d   Russi, Jose C ^d   Aguayo, Nicolas ^d   Galeano, Adolfo H ^d   Gianella, Alberto ^d   Andrade, Ronald ^d   Arredondo, Anabella ^d   Ramirez, Eugenio ^d   Acosta, Maria E ^d   Alava, Aracely ^d   Montoya, Orlando ^d   Guevara, Angel ^d   Manrique, Hugo ^d   Sanchez, Jorge L ^d   Lama, Javier R ^d   De La Hoz, Fernando ^d   Sanchez, Gloria I ^d   Ayala, Claudia ^d   Pacheco, Maria E ^d   Carrion, Gladys ^a   Chauca, Gloria ^a   Perez, Juan J ^a   Negrete, Monica ^a   Russell, Kevin L ^a   Bautista, Christian T ^a,b   Olson, James G ^a   Watts, Douglas M ^e   Birx, Deborah L ^b   Carr, Jean K ^b   more..

^a California   (Peru)

^b HENRY M JACKSON FOUNDATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF MILITARY MEDICINE   (United States)

^c PAN AMERICAN HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (United States)

^d South American HIV Molecular Surveillance Working Group   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Commercial sex workers; Genotypes; HIV; Molecular epidemiology; Prevalence; Risk factors; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION CONTROL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOUTH AMERICA; URUGUAY; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, HORIZONTAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; GENE PRODUCTS, ENV; HETERODUPLEX ANALYSIS; HIV; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PREVALENCE; PROSTITUTION; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOUTH AMERICA; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS;

EID: 24144479435     PISSN: 15254135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.qai.0000159667.72584.8b     Document Type: Article

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