Prevalences of sexually transmitted infections in young adults and female sex workers in Peru: A national population-based survey

The Lancet Infectious Diseases

Volumn 12, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 765-773

  Cárcamo, César P ^a,c   Campos, Pablo E ^a   García, Patricia J ^a,c   Hughes, James P ^c   Garnett, Geoff P ^b,d   Holmes, King K ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD PERUANA CAYETANO HEREDIA   (Peru)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d BILL AND MELINDA GATES FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; FEMALE; FEMALE SEX WORKER; GONORRHEA; HERPES SIMPLEX; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PERU; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTITUTION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYPHILIS; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; TRICHOMONIASIS; UNSAFE SEX;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HEALTH SURVEYS; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPESVIRUS 2, HUMAN; HIV INFECTIONS; HTLV-I INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; PERU; PREVALENCE; PROSTITUTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SYPHILIS; TRICHOMONAS VAGINITIS; URBAN POPULATION; VAGINA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84866628175     PISSN: 14733099     EISSN: 14744457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(12)70144-5     Document Type: Article

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