Understanding the HIV/AIDS epidemic in transgender women of lima, peru: Results from a sero-epidemiologic study using respondent driven sampling

AIDS and Behavior

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 872-881

  Silva Santisteban, Alfonso ^a   Raymond, H Fisher ^b   Salazar, Ximena ^a   Villayzan, Jana ^c   Leon, Segundo ^a   McFarland, Willi ^b   Caceres, Carlos F ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD PERUANA CAYETANO HEREDIA   (Peru)

^b SAN FRANCISCO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c Red Trans Peru   (Peru)

Author keywords

Lima Peru; Respondent driven sampling; Transgender women

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CONDOM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; GENITAL HERPES; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; PERU; PREVALENCE; PROSTITUTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICS; SYPHILIS; TRANSSEXUALISM; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONDOMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HERPES GENITALIS; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERU; PREVALENCE; PROSTITUTION; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SYPHILIS; TRANSSEXUALISM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84863726965     PISSN: 10907165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10461-011-0053-5     Document Type: Review

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