Cross-sectional assessment of prevalence and correlates of blood-borne and sexually-transmitted infections among Afghan National Army recruits

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Todd, Catherine S ^a   Nasir, Abdul ^b   Mansoor, G F ^b   Sahibzada, Sayed M ^b   Jagodzinski, Linda L ^c   Salimi, Farzana ^d   Khateri, M N ^e   Hale, Braden R ^f   Barthel, R V ^g   Scott, Paul T ^c  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b Health Protection and Research Organization   (Afghanistan)

^c WALTER REED ARMY INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^d Ministry of Public Health   (Afghanistan)

^e Ministry of Defense   (Afghanistan)

^f NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^g ABBASSIA FEVER HOSPITAL   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Afghanistan; Drug use; HIV; Military populations; Sexual risk behavior

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AFGHANISTAN; AGE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARMY; ARTICLE; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; CANNABIS SMOKING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATION; HEPATITIS C; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPIATE ADDICTION; PREVALENCE; PROSTITUTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEROLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOCIAL STATUS; SYPHILIS; TELEVISION; TRAINING;

ADOLESCENT; AFGHANISTAN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HERPES GENITALIS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RISK FACTORS; SYPHILIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84865282294     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-12-196     Document Type: Article

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