How much do blood exposures contribute to HIV prevalence in female sex workers in sub-Saharan Africa, Thailand and India?

International Journal of STD and AIDS

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 581-588

  Gisselquist, David ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; Female sex workers; HIV; Iatrogenic; India; Nosocomial; Thailand

Indexed keywords

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ARTICLE; ASIA; BLOOD; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONDOM; DRUG USE; GONORRHEA; HEALTH SERVICE; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INDIA; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTITUTION; SYPHILIS; THAILAND;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; BLOOD-BORNE PATHOGENS; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INDIA; INFECTION CONTROL; PROSTITUTION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; THAILAND;

EID: 44349154680     PISSN: 09564624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/095646207781568655     Document Type: Article

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