HIV and other sexually transmitted infections among men, transgenders and women selling sex in two cities in Pakistan: A cross-sectional prevalence survey

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 85, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2009, Pages

  Hawkes, S ^a   Collumbien, M ^a   Platt, L ^a   Lalji, N ^a   Rizvi, N ^a   Andreasen, A ^a   Chow, J ^b   Muzaffar, R ^c   Ur Rehman, H ^d   Siddiqui, N ^e   Hasan, S ^f   Bokhari, A ^g  

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

^b Durham Region Health Department   (Canada)

^c Sindh Institute for Urology and Transplantation   (Pakistan)

^d Organisation for Social Development   (Pakistan)

^e AYUB MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Pakistan)

^f Nai Zindagi   (Pakistan)

^g National AIDS Control Program   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONDOM; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PAKISTAN; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROSTITUTION; SAFE SEX; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYPHILIS; TRANSSEXUALISM; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; TRICHOMONIASIS; LEGAL ASPECT; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; STATISTICS; UNSAFE SEX;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PAKISTAN; PREVALENCE; PROSTITUTION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; TRANSSEXUALISM; UNSAFE SEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65649142951     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sti.2008.033910     Document Type: Article

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