Risk behaviors and STI prevalence among people with HIV in El Salvador

Open AIDS Journal

Volumn 6, Issue SPEC.ISSUE 1, 2012, Pages 205-212

  Paz Bailey, G ^a,b,c   Shah, N ^c   Creswell, J ^a,b   Guardado, M E ^a   Nieto, A I ^d   Estrada, M C ^e   Cedillos, R ^f   Pascale, J M ^g   Monterroso, E ^c  

^a Training Programs in Epidemiology and Public Health Interventions Network (TEPHINET)   (Guatemala)

^b Valle University   (Guatemala)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^d Ministry of Health   (El Salvador)

^e UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^f Hospital Rosales   (El Salvador)

^g GORGAS MEMORIAL INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH STUDIES   (Panama)

Author keywords

AIDS; Condoms; El Salvador; HIV; People living with HIV; Prevention; Sexually transmitted infections

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; COMPUTER SYSTEM; CONDOM; EL SALVADOR; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH SURVEY; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOPLASMA GENITALIUM; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SUPPORT GROUP; SYPHILIS; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; UNSAFE SEX;

EID: 84871004485     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18746136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1874613601206010205     Document Type: Article

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