Does antiretroviral therapy initiation increase sexual risk taking in Kenyan female sex workers? A retrospective case-control study

BMJ Open

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Mawji, Elysha ^a   McKinnon, Lyle ^a,b   Wachihi, Charles ^b   Chege, Duncan ^a   Thottingal, Paul ^b   Kariri, Anthony ^b   Plummer, Francis ^c,d   Ball, T Blake ^c,d   Jaoko, Walter ^b   Ngugi, Elizabeth ^b   Kimani, Joshua ^b,c   Gelmon, Lawrence ^c   Nagelkerke, Nico ^c,e   Kaul, Rupert ^a,b,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^d PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^e UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^f UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTI HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONDOM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION PREVENTION; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROSTITUTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAFE SEX; SELF REPORT; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; UNSAFE SEX;

EID: 84860486442     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2011-000565     Document Type: Article

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