High rates of STD and sexual risk behaviors among Garífunas in Honduras

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes

Volumn 51, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2009, Pages

  Paz Bailey, Gabriela ^a   Morales Miranda, Sonia ^a   Jacobson, Jerry O ^a   Gupta, Sundeep K ^a   Sabin, Keith ^a   Mendoza, Suyapa ^b   Paredes, Mayte ^b   Alvarez, Berta ^b   Monterroso, Edgar ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b Secretaria de Salud de Honduras   (Honduras)

Author keywords

Behavioral survey; Gar funa; HIV; Honduras; STI

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONDOM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENITAL HERPES; GONORRHEA; HEALTH SURVEY; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HONDURAS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INTERVIEW; MALE; MYCOPLASMA GENITALIUM; MYCOPLASMOSIS; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFE SEX; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYPHILIS; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; TRICHOMONIASIS; ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL; BLOOD; IMMUNOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; URINE; VIROLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; BLOOD; FEMALE; HONDURAS; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; URINE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 66149146696     PISSN: 15254135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAI.0b013e3181a2647b     Document Type: Article

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