The UALE Project: Decline in the incidence of HIV and sexually transmitted infections and increase in the use of condoms among sex workers in Guatemala

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes

Volumn 51, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2009, Pages

  Sabidó, Meritxell ^a,b,c   Giardina, Federica ^a   Hernández, Gabriela ^d   Fernández, Victor Hugo ^d   Monzón, José Ernesto ^d   Ortiz, Rudy ^d   Montoliu, Alexandra ^e   Casabona, Jordi ^a,b,c,e  

^a Fundacio SIDA i Societat   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^d Generalitat de Catalunya Hospital Universitari Germans Trias I Pujol ^*  (Guatemala)

^e HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI GERMANS TRIAS I PUJOL   (Spain)

Author keywords

HIV; Prevention; Screening; Sex workers; Sexually transmitted diseases

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANDIDIASIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; COMMUNITY CARE; CONDOM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GONORRHEA; GUATEMALA; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; INFECTION PREVENTION; KNOWLEDGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTITUTION; SAFE SEX; SCREENING TEST; SEXUAL EDUCATION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYPHILIS; TRICHOMONIASIS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; CONDOMS; FEMALE; GUATEMALA; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; PROSTITUTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES;

EID: 66149154313     PISSN: 15254135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAI.0b013e3181a2656f     Document Type: Article

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