Sentinel surveillance of sexually transmitted infections/HIV and risk behaviors in vulnerable populations in 5 Central American countries

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 101-111

  Soto, Ramón J ^a   Ghee, Annette E ^b   Nuñez, Cesar A ^c   Mayorga, Ruben ^d   Tapia, Kenneth A ^b   Astete, Sabina G ^b   Hughes, James P ^b   Buffardi, Anne L ^b   Holte, Sarah E ^b,e   Holmes, King K ^b   De Bonilla, Gladys ^f   Palma, Luis ^f   De Pineda, Telma ^f   Perez, Sonia ^f   De Sosa, Marmin Ruth ^f   De Fuentes, Eandra Elizabeth ^f   Alecio, Dory Lucas ^f   Aguilar, Sergio ^f   Moscoso, V A ^f   Ardón, Francisco ^f   De León, Malvina ^f   De Campollo, Eyda ^f   De Mazariegos, Rosana ^f   Cruz, Dina ^f   Alvarenga, Marco A ^f   Padilla, Iris ^f   Espinoza, Iván ^f   Hernández, Rosalinda ^f   Solera, Victor ^f   Alvarez, Berta ^f   Urquía, Marco ^f   Mendoza, Suyapa ^f   Rosa, Mirla ^f   López, Roque ^f   Meza, Rita ^f   Román, Matilde ^f   Avilés, Federico ^f   Amador, Juan José ^f   González, Alcides ^f   Altamirano, Lesbia ^f   Dominique, Jean ^f   Berríos, René ^f   Balmaceda, Ángel ^f   Saborio, Yara ^f   Reyes, Justo ^f   Guerrero, Gladys Alicia ^f   Grajales, Biverly ^f   De Paredes, Norma García ^f   De Mosca, Itza Barahona ^f   Hernández, Federico ^f   Castillo, Zoila ^f   De Austin, Elvira ^f   De Mojica, Dalys ^f   Márquez, Edda ^f   Lyons, Cirilo ^f   Campo, Rubén ^f   Bolaños, Raquel ^f   Justo, Carlos ^f   Quinzada, Markela ^f   Blanco, Rolando ^f   Birham, Rosmery ^f   more..

^a World Vision International   (Costa Rica)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c USAID Prog for Strengthening the Ctrl Amer Response to HIV   (Guatemala)

^d Organización de Apoyo a Una Sexualidad Integral Frente al SIDA   (Guatemala)

^e Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^f NONE

Author keywords

Central America; HIV; Sentinel surveillance; Sexual behavior; Sexually transmitted disease; Vulnerable populations

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CENTRAL AMERICA; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CONDOM; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EL SALVADOR; FEMALE; GUATEMALA; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HOMOSEXUALITY; HONDURAS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NICARAGUA; OCCUPATION; PANAMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; SAMPLING; SEROPREVALENCE; SEX WORKER; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SYPHILIS; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; VAGINITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CENTRAL AMERICA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; PROSTITUTION; RISK FACTORS; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; UNSAFE SEX;

EID: 34948899804     PISSN: 15254135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAI.0b013e318141f913     Document Type: Article

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