Establishment of an HIV/sexually transmitted disease programme and prevalence of infection among incarcerated men in Jamaica

International Journal of STD and AIDS

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 114-119

  Andrinopoulos, K ^a   Kerrigan, D ^b   Figueroa, J P ^c   Reese, R ^d   Gaydos, C A ^e   Bennett, L ^b   Bloomfield, B ^b   Plunkett, L ^d   Maru, C ^e   Ellen, J M ^e  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c Ministry of Health   (United States)

^d Department of Correctional Services ^*  (United States)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

HIV STD testing; Homosexual men; Jamaica; Prisons; Seroprevalence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CENTRAL AMERICA; FEASIBILITY STUDY; GONORRHEA; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; JAMAICA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRISON; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYPHILIS; TRICHOMONIASIS;

ADULT; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; JAMAICA; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRISONERS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES;

EID: 75449094288     PISSN: 09564624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/ijsa.2009.008416     Document Type: Article

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