HIV and STI control in El Salvador: Results from an integrated behavioural survey among men who have sex with men

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 88, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 633-638

  Creswell, Jacob ^a   Guardado, Maria Elena ^b   Lee, Janet ^c   Nieto, Ana Isabel ^d   Kim, Andrea A ^c   Monterroso, Edgar ^c   Paz Bailey, Gabriela ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DEL VALLE DE GUATEMALA   (Guatemala)

^b TEPHINET   (United States)

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

^d Programa Nacional ITS VIH SIDA   (El Salvador)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD EXAMINATION; CHLAMYDIASIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EL SALVADOR; GONORRHEA; HEALTH SURVEY; HERPES SIMPLEX; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; MYCOPLASMOSIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYPHILIS; TRICHOMONIASIS; URINALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANAL CANAL; BLOOD; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; EL SALVADOR; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK-TAKING; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; URINE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84871612450     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: 14723263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sextrans-2012-050521     Document Type: Article

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