Prevalence and determinants of HIV and sexually transmitted infections in a general population-based sample in Mysore district, Karnataka state, southern India

AIDS

Volumn 22, Issue SUPPL. 5, 2008, Pages

  Munro, Helen L ^d   Pradeep, Banandur S ^b   Ayyanat Jayachandran, A ^a,c   Lowndes, Catherine M ^d   Mahapatra, Bidhubhusan ^c   Ramesh, Banadakoppa M ^c,e   Washington, Reynold ^b,c,e   Jagannathan, Latha ^f   Mendonca, Kevin ^b   Moses, Stephen ^e   Blanchard, James F ^e   Alary, Michel ^a  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ST JOHN'S NATIONAL ACADEMY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (India)

^c KARNATAKA HEALTH PROMOTION TRUST   (India)

^d PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^f Bangalore Medical College   (India)

Author keywords

Community based; General population survey; HIV prevalence; India; Sexually transmitted infection prevalence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHLAMYDIASIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMMUNITY PROGRAM; CONDOM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INDIA; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL DEVIATION; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYPHILIS; URBAN POPULATION; URINALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CONDOMS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK-TAKING; RURAL HEALTH; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; URBAN HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58849084198     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.aids.0000343770.92949.0b     Document Type: Article

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