Sexually transmitted infections and risk behaviors among transgender persons (Hijras) of Pune, India

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 72-78

  Sahastrabuddhe, Sushant ^a,b   Gupta, Amita ^a,c   Stuart, Elizabeth ^a   Godbole, Sheela ^d   Ghate, Manisha ^d   Sahay, Seema ^d   Gangakhedkar, Raman ^d   Risbud, Arun ^d   Divekar, Anand ^d   Bollinger, Robert ^a,c   Mehendale, Sanjay M ^e  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b International Vaccine Institute   (South Korea)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d NATIONAL AIDS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^e National Institute of Epidemiology   (India)

Author keywords

commercial sex work; cross sectional study; Hijras; HIV; India; MSM; risk behaviors; sexuality; sexually transmitted infections; transgenders

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENITAL ULCER; HETEROSEXUAL MALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INDIA; INFECTION RISK; INFORMED CONSENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTITUTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOCIOECONOMICS; TRANSSEXUALISM; VERRUCA VULGARIS; VIRUS DIAGNOSIS;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HETEROSEXUALITY; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; TRANSSEXUALISM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 83655167267     PISSN: 15254135     EISSN: 10779450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAI.0b013e318236bd6f     Document Type: Article

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