HIV prevalence, previous HIV testing, and condom use with clients and regular partners among Senegalese commercial sex workers

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 83, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 534-540

  Wang, C ^a   Hawes, S E ^a   Gaye, A ^b   Sow, P S ^b   Ndoye, I ^c   Manhart, L E ^a   Wald, A ^a   Critchlow, C W ^a   Kiviat, N B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CHEIKH ANTA DIOP   (Senegal)

^c Institut d'Hygiene Social   (Senegal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BINOMIAL DISTRIBUTION; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONDOM; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 2; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INTERVIEW; LOGLINEAR MODEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTITUTION; RISK FACTOR; SENEGAL; SEROLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; VIRUS DETECTION;

ADULT; CONDOMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HIV-2; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; PROSTITUTION; SENEGAL; SEXUAL PARTNERS; UNSAFE SEX;

EID: 37349071452     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sti.2007.027151     Document Type: Article

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