Prevalence of sexually transmitted diseases and Hepatitis C in a survey of female sex workers in the North-east of Italy

Open AIDS Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 60-64

  Zermiani, Monica ^a   Mengoli, Carlo ^b   Rimondo, Claudia ^a   Galvan, Umberto ^a   Cruciani, Mario ^a   Serpelloni, Giovanni ^a  

^a ULSS 20   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

HIV; Prostitution; Sexually transmitted diseases

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; NONNUCLEOSIDE REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE INHIBITOR; PENICILLIN G;

ADULT; AFRICAN; AGE; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRUG DEPENDENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMIGRANT; IMMIGRATION; ITALY; NIGERIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTITUTION; SEROLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYPHILIS;

EID: 84865096601     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18746136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1874613601206010060     Document Type: Article

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