HIV and STI prevalence among female sex workers in côte d'ivoire: Why targeted prevention programs should be continued and strengthened

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Vuylsteke, Bea ^a   Semdé, Gisèle ^b   Sika, Lazare ^c   Crucitti, Tania ^a   Traoré, Virginie Ettiègne ^d   Buvé, Anne ^a   Laga, Marie ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^b Global Program Management   (Côte d’Ivoire)

^c National Institute of Statistics and Applied Economy   (Côte d’Ivoire)

^d Ministry of Health   (Côte d’Ivoire)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CONDOM; CONTROLLED STUDY; COTE D'IVOIRE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HIV TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PROSTITUTION; SEXUAL COUNSELING; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOCIAL STATUS; UNSAFE SEX; DEMOGRAPHY; INFECTION CONTROL; INFORMATION PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICS;

ADULT; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; COTE D'IVOIRE; DATA COLLECTION; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; SEX WORKERS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84857734269     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0032627     Document Type: Article

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