Expansion of HIV and syphilis into the Peruvian Amazon: a survey of four communities of an indigenous Amazonian ethnic group

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2008, Pages

  Bartlett, Ellika C ^a   Zavaleta, Carol ^b   Fernández, Connie ^c   Razuri, Hugo ^b   Vilcarromero, Stalin ^b   Vermund, Sten H ^a   Gotuzzo, Eduardo ^b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA TROPICAL ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT   (Peru)

^c Hospital de Apoyo Yurimaguas   (Peru)

Author keywords

Amazon; HIV; Homosexual men; Indigenous populations; Peru; Prevalence; Syphilis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONDOM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; INFECTION RISK; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SYPHILIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INDIANS, SOUTH AMERICAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERU; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SYPHILIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 54349128835     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2008.03.036     Document Type: Article

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