HIV incidence and associated risk factors among female sex workers in a high HIV-prevalence area of China

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 39, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 835-841

  Wang, Haibo ^a,b   Reilly, Kathleen H ^b,c   Brown, Katherine ^b   Jin, Xia ^b   Xu, Junjie ^d   Ding, Guowei ^b   Zang, Chunpeng ^b   Wang, Junjie ^b   Wang, Ning ^b  

^a CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^b CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^c TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINA; CHLAMYDIASIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONDOM; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INCIDENCE; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASS SCREENING; OPEN STUDY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROSTITUTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; SEROCONVERSION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYPHILIS; TRICHOMONIASIS; URINALYSIS; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HIV-1; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSTITUTION; RISK FACTORS; SEX WORKERS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84867747331     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: 15374521     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OLQ.0b013e318266b241     Document Type: Article

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