The burden and determinants of HIV and sexually transmitted infections in a population-based sample of female sex workers in Goa, India

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 50-59

  Shahmanesh, M ^a,b,f   Cowan, F ^a   Wayal, S ^b,e   Copas, A ^a   Patel, V ^b,c,d   Mabey, D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Positive People   (India)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d Sangath   (India)

^e BRIGHTON AND SUSSEX MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^f ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS ANTIBODY; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; DYSURIA; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPOWERMENT; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GENITAL HERPES; GONORRHEA; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INDIA; INFECTION RISK; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIGRATION; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTITUTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIGION; RISK REDUCTION; SAFE SEX; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL ABUSE; SEXUALITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; TRICHOMONIASIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COST OF ILLNESS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INDIA; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROSTITUTION; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 61449104641     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: 14723263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sti.2008.030767     Document Type: Article

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