HIV and other sexually transmitted infections among female sex workers in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, in 2002

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 203-208

  Vandepitte, Judith M ^a   Malele, Faustin ^b   Kivuvu, Dieu Merçi ^b   Edidi, Samuel ^c   Muwonga, Jérémie ^c   Lepira, François ^d   Abdellati, Said ^a   Kabamba, Joelle ^d   Van Overloop, Catherine ^b   Buvé, Anne ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^b MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES   (Switzerland)

^c Laboratoire National de Reference SIDA et IST (LNRS)   (Congo)

^d Programme National de Lutte Contre Le SIDA et Les IST (PNLS)   (Congo)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHILD; CHLAMYDIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC CONGO; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEMALE WORKER; GONORRHEA; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HOME; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERVIEW; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEROLOGY; SEROPREVALENCE; SEX; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYPHILIS; TRICHOMONIASIS; VAGINA SECRETION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; PREVALENCE; PROSTITUTION; RISK FACTORS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES;

EID: 34247243389     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.olq.0000233743.57334.6a     Document Type: Article

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