Sexual behavior, knowledge of STI prevention, and prevalence of serum markers for STI among tour guides in Cuzco/Peru

Journal of Travel Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 151-157

  Cabada, Miguel M ^a,b   Maldonado, Fernando ^a   Bauer, Irmgard ^c   Verdonck, Kristien ^a,d   Seas, Carlos ^a   Gotuzzo, Eduardo ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA TROPICAL ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT   (Peru)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^c JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; BIOCHEMICAL MARKER; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CONDOM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PERU; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; TOURISM; TRAVEL; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HERPESVIRUS 2, HUMAN; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERU; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; TRAVEL; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

EID: 34247151142     PISSN: 11951982     EISSN: 17088305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1708-8305.2007.00110.x     Document Type: Article

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