HIV risk and the overlap of injecting drug use and high-risk sexual behaviours among men who have sex with men in Zanzibar (Unguja), Tanzania

International Journal of Drug Policy

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 485-492

  Johnston, Lisa G ^a   Holman, Abigail ^b   Dahoma, Mohammed ^c   Miller, Leigh Ann ^a   Kim, Evelyn ^b   Mussa, Mahmoud ^c   Othman, Asha A ^c   Kim, Andrea ^b   Kendall, Carl ^a   Sabin, Keith ^b  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

^c Ministry of Health Zanzibar   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Hepatitis; HIV AIDS; Injection drug use; Men who have sex with men; Zanzibar

Indexed keywords

DIAMORPHINE;

ADULT; ANUS INTERCOURSE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH SURVEY; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; INTERVIEW; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; MIXED INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYPHILIS; TANZANIA; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADULT; CONDOMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEEDLE SHARING; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; TANZANIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78649324660     PISSN: 09553959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2010.06.001     Document Type: Article

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