High HIV prevalence among a high-risk subgroup of women attending sexually transmitted infection clinics in Pune, India

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 75-80

  Mehta, Shruti H ^a,e   Gupta, Amita ^b   Sahay, Seema ^c   Godbole, Sheela V ^c   Joshi, Smita N ^c   Reynolds, Steven J ^b,d   Celentano, David D ^a   Risbud, Arun ^c   Mehendale, Sanjay M ^c   Bollinger, Robert C ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NATIONAL AIDS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^e NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

AIDS; HIV; India; Prevalence; Sexually transmitted diseases; Women

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CONDOM; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; GENITAL ULCER; HEALTH EDUCATION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INDIA; MARRIAGE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PERINATAL INFECTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTITUTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SCREENING TEST; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; CONDOMS; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SEROPREVALENCE; HUMANS; INDIA; MARITAL STATUS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SYPHILIS;

EID: 28944444930     PISSN: 15254135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.qai.0000174653.17911.4a     Document Type: Article

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