High prevalence of HIV and sexually transmitted infections among male sex workers in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire: Need for services tailored to their needs

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 288-293

  Vuylsteke, Bea ^a   Semde, Gisèle ^b   Sika, Lazare ^c   Crucitti, Tania ^a   Traore, Virginie Ettiegne ^d   Buve, Anne ^a   Laga, Marie ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^b FAMILY HEALTH INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^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

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONDOM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; GINGIVA; GONORRHEA; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTITUTION; RECTAL SWAB; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SMEAR; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS;

ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONDOMS; COTE D'IVOIRE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; PROSTITUTION; REAGENT STRIPS; RISK FACTORS; SEX WORKERS; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; UNSAFE SEX;

EID: 84861654473     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: 14723263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sextrans-2011-050276     Document Type: Article

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