Epidemiological and molecular characteristics of HIV-1 infection among female commercial sex workers, men who have sex with men and people living with AIDS in Paraguay

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 225-231

  Aguayo, Nicolas ^a,d   Laguna Torres, Victor Alberto ^b   Villafane, Margarita ^a   Barboza, Alma ^a   Sosa, Liliana ^a   Chauca, Gloria ^b   Carrion, Gladys ^b   Coenca, Beatriz ^a   Perez, Juan ^b   Galeano, Adolfo ^c   Bautista, Christian T ^b   Sanchez, Jose L ^d   Carr, Jean K ^e   Kochel, Tadeusz ^b  

^a Ministry of Health   (Paraguay)

^b California   (Peru)

^c Instituto de Medicina Tropical   (Paraguay)

^d Department of Defense Global Emerging Infections Surveillance and Response System ^*  (Paraguay)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Developing countries; Epidemiology; HIV genotypes; HIV AIDS; Paraguay

Indexed keywords

COCAINE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVELOPE GENE; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PARAGUAY; PROSTITUTION; SEROPREVALENCE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; STRUCTURAL GENE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; PARAGUAY; PROSTITUTION; RISK FACTORS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1;

EID: 50149117519     PISSN: 00378682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0037-86822008000300001     Document Type: Article

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