Sexual risk behaviors and HIV among female sex workers in Nigeria

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 507-514

  Eluwa, George I ^a   Strathdee, Steffanie A ^b   Adebajo, Sylvia B ^a   Ahonsi, Babatunde ^a   Azeez, Aderemi ^c   Anyanti, Jennifer ^d  

^a Population Council Nigeria   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^c Federal Ministry of Health   (Nigeria)

^d Nigeria   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

brothel based FSW; condom use; female sex workers; HIV AIDS; Nigeria; non brothel based FSWs; sex risk behaviors

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOSURVEILLANCE; CONDOM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOSURVEILLANCE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NIGERIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTITUTION; RISK; SEROPREVALENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; NIGERIA; PREVALENCE; RISK-TAKING; SEX WORKERS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84870300864     PISSN: 15254135     EISSN: 10779450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAI.0b013e31826dfb41     Document Type: Article

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