Decline in the prevalence of HIV and sexually transmitted infections among female sex workers in Benin over 15 years of targeted interventions

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 126-134

  Béhanzin, Luc ^a,b   Diabaté, Souleymane ^a,b   Minani, Isaac ^c   Boily, Marie Claude ^a,d   Labbé, Annie Claude ^e   Ahoussinou, Clément ^f   Anagonou, Séverin ^g,h   Zannou, Djimon M ^g,h   Lowndes, Catherine M ^a,i   Alary, Michel ^a,b,j  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^c Dispensaire des Infections Sexuellement Transmissibles ^*  (Benin)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e MAISONNEUVE ROSEMONT HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^f Programme National de Lutte Contre le Sida et les IST Au Bénin   (Benin)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ABOMEY CALAVI   (Benin)

^h Centre national hospitalier universitaire   (Benin)

ⁱ PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^j INSTITUT NATIONAL DE SANTÉ PUBLIQUE DU QUÉBEC   (Canada)

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Author keywords

Benin; female sex workers; HIV; sexually transmitted infections; sub Saharan Africa; trends

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BENIN; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONDOM; FEMALE; GHANA; GONORRHEA; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NIGERIA; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTITUTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOCIAL ASPECT; TOGO; TREND STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BENIN; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; PREVALENCE; PROSTITUTION; SEX WORKERS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84876289744     PISSN: 15254135     EISSN: 10779450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAI.0b013e318286b9d4     Document Type: Article

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