HIV prevalence and predictors among rescued sex-trafficked women and girls in Mumbai, India

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 588-593

  Silverman, Jay G ^a   Decker, Michele R ^a   Gupta, Jhumka ^a   Maheshwari, Ayonija ^b,c   Patel, Vipul ^d   Raj, Anita ^e  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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

^d Rescue Foundation   (India)

^e BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

HIV risk; India; Minor girls; Sex trafficking; Sex workers

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DEMOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INDIA; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTITUTION; RESCUE PERSONNEL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEX TRAFFICKING; VICTIM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INDIA; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; PROSTITUTION;

EID: 33845370916     PISSN: 15254135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.qai.0000243101.57523.7d     Document Type: Review

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