Forced Sexual Experiences as Risk Factor for Self-Reported HIV Infection among Southern African Lesbian and Bisexual Women

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Sandfort, Theo G M ^a   Baumann, Linda R M ^b   Matebeni, Zethu ^c   Reddy, Vasu ^d,e   Southey Swartz, Ian ^f  

^a NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Out Right Namibia   (Namibia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^d HUMAN SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^e UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^f Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; BISEXUAL FEMALE; BOTSWANA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HETEROSEXUAL FEMALE; HIV TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INFECTION RISK; LESBIAN; NAMIBIA; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOUTH AFRICA; ZIMBABWE;

ADULT; AFRICA, SOUTHERN; BISEXUALITY; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HIV-1; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SELF REPORT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84872241468     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0053552     Document Type: Article

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