Female sex workers and unsafe sex in urban and rural Nyanza, Kenya: Regular partners may contribute more to HIV transmission than clients

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 174-182

  Voeten, H A C M ^a   Egesah, O B ^b,c   Varkevisser, C M ^d   Habbema, J D F ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Nyanza Provincial Medical Office   (Kenya)

^c MOI UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Condom use; HIV risk; Kenya; Regular partners; Sex workers; Urban rural

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONDOM USE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; PROSTITUTION; RURAL-URBAN COMPARISON; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONDOM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERVIEW; KENYA; POLYGAMY; PROSTITUTION; RURAL AREA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL COUNSELING; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; SEXUALITY; UNSAFE SEX; URBAN AREA; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CONDOMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; KENYA; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTITUTION; RURAL HEALTH; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNSAFE SEX; URBAN HEALTH;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; KENYA; KISUMU; NYANZA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 33846997598     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2006.01776.x     Document Type: Article

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