HIV/AIDS among female sex workers, injecting drug users and men who have sex with men in Lebanon: Results of the first biobehavioral surveys

AIDS

Volumn 24, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2010, Pages

  Mahfoud, Ziyad ^a   Afifi, Rema ^a   Ramia, Sami ^a   Khoury, Danielle El ^b   Kassak, Kassem ^a   Barbir, Farah El ^a   Ghanem, Maguy ^a   El Nakib, Mostafa ^b   Dejong, Jocelyn ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^b MINISTRY OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

female sex workers; HIV AIDS; injecting drug users; Lebanon; men who have sex with men; respondent driven sampling

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONDOM; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INFECTION RISK; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; LEBANON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTITUTION; SAFE SEX; SEROLOGY; SEXUALITY; STIGMA; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; LEBANON; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 77954594504     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: 14735571     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.aids.0000386733.02425.98     Document Type: Article

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