Prevalence and risk of blood-borne and sexually transmitted viral infections in incarcerated youth in Salvador, Brazil: Opportunity and obligation for intervention

AIDS and Behavior

Volumn 12, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2008, Pages

  Fialho, Margaret ^a   Messias, Márcia ^a   Page Shafer, Kimberly ^b   Farre, Lourdes ^c   Schmalb, Márcia ^a   Pedral Sampaio, Diana ^d   Ramos, Mauro ^e   Brites, Carlos ^d  

^a Centro de Referência Do Estado Da Bahia para AIDS CREAIDS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

^e Centro de Estudos de Aids/DST do Rio Grande do Sul   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Blood borne infections; Brazil; HIV; Incarcerated youth; Sexually transmitted infections; STI

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS ANTIBODY; ILLICIT DRUG;

ABORTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARTICLE; BLOODBORNE INFECTION; BRAZIL; CONDOM; DRUG ABUSE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS; INFECTION RISK; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OFFENDER; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; PRISON; PRISONER; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SEXUAL ABUSE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYPHILIS; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; BLOOD-BORNE PATHOGENS; BRAZIL; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PRISONERS; PRISONS; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES, VIRAL; VIRUS DISEASES; VIRUSES;

EID: 46149122055     PISSN: 10907165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10461-008-9409-x     Document Type: Article

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