A study of the prevalence and risk factors leading to HIV infection among a sample of street children and youth of Kathmandu

AIDS Research and Therapy

Volumn 9, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Karmacharya, Dibesh ^a   Yu, Dongmei ^b   Dixit, Sameer ^a   Rajbhandari, Rajesh ^a   Subedi, Bhawana ^a   Shrestha, Sonu ^a   Manandhar, Sulochana ^a   Santangelo, Susan L ^b  

^a Center for Molecular Dynamics Nepal   (Nepal)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioural risk factors; HIV prevalence; Intravenous drug use; Kathmandu; Nepal; Street children

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFORMED CONSENT; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEPAL; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SAMPLE; SAMPLE SIZE; SAMPLING; SCHOOL CHILD; SEROLOGY; SEX; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 84865332774     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17426405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1742-6405-9-25     Document Type: Article

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