High risk behaviors and sexually transmitted infections among men in Tanzania

AIDS and Behavior

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1026-1032

  Ghebremichael, Musie ^a   Paintsil, Elijah ^b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

High risk behaviors; HIV; HSV 2; Sexually transmitted infections; Sub Saharan Africa

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; GENITAL HERPES; HEALTH SURVEY; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOCIOECONOMICS; TANZANIA; VIROLOGY;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HERPES GENITALIS; HERPESVIRUS 2, HUMAN; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TANZANIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80052058242     PISSN: 10907165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10461-009-9594-2     Document Type: Article

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