Prevalence and virologic profile of HIV infections among female sex workers in Goiânia city, central Brazil

AIDS Patient Care and STDs

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-4

  Caetano, Karlla Antonieta Amorim ^a   França, Divânia Dias Da Silva ^a   Carneiro, Megmar Aparecida Dos Santos ^b   Martins, Regina Maria Bringel ^b   Stefani, Mariane Martins De Araújo ^b   Kerr, Lígia Regina Franco Sansigolo ^a   De Matos, Marcos André ^a   Moraes, Luciene Carneiro ^a   Teles, Sheila Araujo ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF GOIÁS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CANNABIS; COCAINE; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS ANTIBODY; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; BODY PIERCING; BRAZIL; CONDOM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GENITAL INJURY; GENITAL ULCER; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1 INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INCIDENCE; INTERVIEW; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PREGNANT WOMAN; PROSTITUTION; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUALITY; TATTOOING; VAGINA DISCHARGE; VIRUS ISOLATION;

ADULT; ANTI-RETROVIRAL AGENTS; BRAZIL; CONDOMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV PROTEASE; HIV REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE; HIV-1; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; POL GENE PRODUCTS, HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK-TAKING; RNA, VIRAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEX WORKERS; UNSAFE SEX; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84872305810     PISSN: 10872914     EISSN: 15577449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/apc.2012.0268     Document Type: Letter

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