Sexual activity as risk factor for hepatitis C virus (HCV) transmission among the female sex workers in Nagaland

Indian Journal of Medical Research, Supplement

Volumn 136, Issue SUPPL, 2012, Pages 30-35

  Barua, Purnima ^a   Mahanta, Jagadish ^a   Medhi, Gajendra Kumar ^a   Dale, Jayesh ^b   Paranjape, Ramesh S ^b   Thongamba, Gay ^c  

^a REGIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

^b NATIONAL AIDS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^c FAMILY HEALTH INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

FSW; HCV; HIV; Sexual transmission

Indexed keywords

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANUS INTERCOURSE; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CONDOM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG ABUSE; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INDIA; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARRIAGE; MIXED INFECTION; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; PROSTITUTION; RISK FACTOR; SAMPLING; SEROPREVALENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; TATTOOING; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 84870423214     PISSN: 03679012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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