Prevalence and risk factors for sexually transmitted infections in a high-risk occupational group: The case of fishermen along Lake Victoria in Kisumu, Kenya

International Journal of STD and AIDS

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 708-713

  Kwena, Z A ^a   Bukusi, E A ^a,b   Ng'ayo, M O ^a   Buffardi, A L ^b   Nguti, R ^a   Richardson, B ^b   Sang, N M ^a   Holmes, K ^b  

^a KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Fishermen; High risk sexual behaviour; HIV; Kenya; Sexually transmitted infection

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONDOM; FISHERMAN; GONORRHEA; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; OCCUPATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEROLOGY; SEROPREVALENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYPHILIS; WART VIRUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; KENYA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650150591     PISSN: 09564624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/ijsa.2010.010160     Document Type: Article

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