Travestis, an unexplored population at risk of HIV in a large metropolis of northeast Brazil: A respondent-driven sampling survey

AIDS Care - Psychological and Socio-Medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 606-612

  Martins, Telma A ^a   Kerr, Ligia Regina F S ^b   MacEna, Raimunda H M ^b   Mota, Rosa S ^b   Carneiro, Kalina L ^b   Gondim, Rogério C ^b   Kendall, Carl ^c  

^a Praia de Iracema   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

^c TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

HIV testing; RDS; risky sex; surveillance; transgendered

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG USE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HIV TEST; HOMOPHOBIA; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTITUTION; SAFE SEX; SAMPLING; SEXISM; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CLASS; TRANSVESTISM; TRAVESTI; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BRAZIL; CONDOMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; PROSTITUTION; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION; SOCIAL STIGMA; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TRANSGENDERED PERSONS; UNSAFE SEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84876098766     PISSN: 09540121     EISSN: 13600451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540121.2012.726342     Document Type: Article

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