Clients of female sex workers in Gonaives and St-Marc, Haiti characteristics, sexually transmitted infection prevalence and risk factors

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 849-855

  Couture, Marie Claude ^a   Soto, Julio C ^a   Akom, Edit ^b   Labbé, Annie Claude ^c   Joseph, Gerard ^d   Zunzunegui, Maria Victoria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b Centre de Coopération Internationale en Santé et Développement   (Canada)

^c MAISONNEUVE ROSEMONT HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d Projet d'Appui À la Lutte Contre Les ITS/VIH/SIDA ^*  (Haïti)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CANNABIS ADDICTION; CONDOM; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HAITI; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROSTITUTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYPHILIS; WITCHCRAFT; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GENITAL HERPES; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MICROBIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VIROLOGY;

ADULT; CONDOMS; HAITI; HERPES GENITALIS; HERPESVIRUS 2, HUMAN; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; PROSTITUTION; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SYPHILIS;

EID: 54449086542     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OLQ.0b013e318177ec5c     Document Type: Article

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