Human immunodeficiency virus, sexually transmitted infections, and risk behaviors among clients of sex workers in Guatemala: Are they a bridge in human immunodeficiency virus transmission?

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 735-742

  Sabidó, Meritxell ^a,b,c   Lahuerta, Maria ^a,d   Montoliu, Alexandra ^c,e   Gonzalez, Victoria ^c,e   Hernández, Gabriela ^a   Giardina, Federica ^a   Monzón, José Ernesto ^a   Pedroza, Maria Isabel ^f   Casabona, Jordi ^a,c,e  

^a Fundació Sida i Societat ^*  (Guatemala)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^d Department of Medicine   (United States)

^e CATALAN INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Spain)

^f Health District of Escuintla   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONDOM; DRUG USE; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; GUATEMALA; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PROSTITUTION; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYPHILIS; UNSAFE SEX; URINALYSIS; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADULT; CONDOMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; GUATEMALA; HIV; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; PROSTITUTION; RISK FACTORS; SEX WORKERS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UNSAFE SEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79961024494     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: 15374521     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OLQ.0b013e31821596b5     Document Type: Article

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