Identifying the HIV transmission bridge: Which men are having unsafe sex with female sex workers and with their own wives or steady partners?

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 414-420

  Patterson, Thomas L ^a   Volkmann, Tyson ^b   Gallardo, Manuel ^c   Goldenberg, Shira ^b   Lozada, Remedios ^c   Semple, Shirley J ^a   Anderson, Christy M ^b   Strathdee, Steffanie A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^c Patronato Pro COMUSIDA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

bridging behavior; female sex workers; HIV transmission; male clients; Mexico; prevention

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIASIS; DRUG USE; GONORRHEA; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEXICO; MONEY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTITUTION; SENSATION SEEKING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; SYPHILIS; UNSAFE SEX; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADULT; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; FEMALE; HIV; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MEXICO; MICROBIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; MIDDLE AGED; SEX WORKERS; SPOUSES; UNSAFE SEX;

EID: 84864289867     PISSN: 15254135     EISSN: 10779450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAI.0b013e31825693f2     Document Type: Article

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