Short Communication: HIV incidence among vulnerable populations in Honduras: Results from an integrated behavioral and biological survey among female sex workers, men who have sex with men, and Garifuna in Honduras, 2006

AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 516-519

  Kim, Andrea A ^a   Morales, Sonia ^b   Lorenzana De Rivera, Ivette ^c   Paredes, Mayte ^c   Juarez, Sandra ^d   Alvarez, Berta ^b   Liu, Xin ^a   Parekh, Bharat ^a   Monterroso, Edgar ^a   Paz Bailey, Gabriela ^b,e  

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

^b UNIVERSIDAD DEL VALLE DE GUATEMALA   (Guatemala)

^c Ministry of Health   (Honduras)

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

^e Tephinet Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HONDURAS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTITUTION; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HONDURAS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX WORKERS; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84874467159     PISSN: 08892229     EISSN: 19318405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/aid.2012.0032     Document Type: Article

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