Prevalence of HIV-1 non-B subtypes, syphilis, HTLV, and hepatitis B and C viruses among immigrant sex workers in Madrid, Spain

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 521-527

  Gutiérrez, Maite ^a   Tajada, Pilar ^a   Alvarez, Amparo ^a   De Julián, Rosa ^a   Baquero, Margarita ^a   Soriano, Vincent ^a   Holguín, Africa ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA PAZ   (Spain)

Author keywords

Hepatitis; HIV 1 subtypes; HTLV; Immigrants; Sex workers; Syphilis

Indexed keywords

PROTEINASE;

ADULT; AFRICA; ANTIBODY SCREENING; ARTICLE; ENVELOPE GENE; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS; IMMIGRANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; SEROLOGY; SEROPREVALENCE; SOUTH AMERICA; SPAIN; SYPHILIS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TRANSSEXUALISM; VIRUS INFECTION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ADULT; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; PHYLOGENY; PREVALENCE; PROSTITUTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEROLOGIC TESTS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES, VIRAL; SPAIN; SYPHILIS;

HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 2; HUMAN T-LYMPHOTROPIC VIRUS 1;

EID: 7044227731     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.20208     Document Type: Article

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