Prevalence of HIV infection and Treponema pallidum in Argentine female sex workers;Prevalencia de la infección por el VIH y de Treponema pallidum en mujeres trabajadoras sexuales de Argentina

Revista Panamericana de Salud Publica/Pan American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 303-308

  Pando, María De Los Ángeles ^a   Reynaga, Elena ^b   Coloccini, Romina Soledad ^a   Fermepín, Marcelo Rodríguez ^a   Kochel, Tadeusz ^c   Montano, Silvia Maria ^c   Marone, Rubén ^d   Avila, Y María Mercedes ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b Asociación de Mujeres Meretrices de Argentina AMMAR   (Argentina)

^c California   (Peru)

^d Nexo Asociacion Civil   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Argentina; HIV; Sexually transmitted diseases; Treponema pallidum; Women's health

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DISEASE; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE PREVALENCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ESTIMATION METHOD; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; INFECTIVITY; PROSTITUTION; SURVEY; WOMENS HEALTH;

ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONDOM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PREVALENCE; PROSTITUTION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; SYPHILIS; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM; UTILIZATION REVIEW; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ARGENTINA; CONDOMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; PREVALENCE; RISK-TAKING; SEX WORKERS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SYPHILIS; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ARGENTINA;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

EID: 82955235156     PISSN: 10204989     EISSN: 16805348     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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