HIV and other sexually transmitted infections among men who have sex with men recruited by RDS in Buenos Aires, Argentina: High HIV and HPV infection

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Pando, María A ^a,b   Balán, Iván C ^c   Marone, Rubén ^d   Dolezal, Curtis ^c   Leu, Cheng Shiun ^c   Squiquera, Luis ^d   Barreda, Victoria ^d   Fermepín, Marcelo Rodriguez ^a   Vaulet, Lucia Gallo ^a   Rey, Jorge ^e   Picconi, María ^f   Carballo Diéguez, Alex ^c   Avila, María M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas ^*  (Argentina)

^c NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d Nexo Asociación Civil ^*  (Argentina)

^e HOSPITAL DE CLÍNICAS JOSÉ DE SAN MARTÍN   (Argentina)

^f INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE ENFERMEDADES INFECCIOSAS   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS TYPE 11; HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS TYPE 16; HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS TYPE 6; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; MIXED INFECTION; NONHUMAN; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM; TREPONEMATOSIS; VIRUS TYPING;

ADULT; ARGENTINA; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; PREVALENCE; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES;

CHLAMYDIA; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS;

EID: 84863100128     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0039834     Document Type: Article

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