Size estimation, HIV prevalence and risk behaviours of female sex workers in Pakistan

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association

Volumn 62, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 551-557

  Altaf, Arshad ^a   Agha, Ajmal ^b   Holte McKinzie, Merydth ^c   Abbas, Qamar ^d   Jafri, Salma Batool ^e   Emmanuel, Faran ^f  

^a Canada Pakistan HIV AIDS Surveillance Project   (Pakistan)

^b AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^c Agriteam Canada Consulting Ltd   (Canada)

^d Government of Sindh Pakistan   (Pakistan)

^e SINDH INSTITUTE OF UROLOGY AND TRANSPLANTATION   (Pakistan)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Female sex workers; HIV prevalence; Pakistan; Risk behaviours; Size estimation

Indexed keywords

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS ANTIBODY; ILLICIT DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONDOM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRIED BLOOD SPOT TESTING; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERVIEW; PAKISTAN; POPULATION SIZE; PROSTITUTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; PAKISTAN; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK-TAKING; SEX WORKERS;

EID: 84861475867     PISSN: 00309982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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