Systematic review of HIV prevalence studies among key populations in Latin America and the Caribbean

Salud Publica de Mexico

Volumn 55, Issue SUPPL.1, 2013, Pages

  Miller, William Meihack ^a   Buckingham, Lindsay ^a   Sánchez Domínguez, Mario Salvador ^c   Morales Miranda, Sonia ^a   Paz Bailey, Gabriela ^a,b,d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DEL VALLE DE GUATEMALA   (Guatemala)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD PÚBLICA   (Mexico)

^d Tephinet Inc   (Guatemala)

Author keywords

Caribbean region; HIV; Latin america; Vulnerable populations

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL AMERICA; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA;

CARIBBEAN REGION; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LATIN AMERICA; PREVALENCE;

EID: 84881516986     PISSN: 00363634     EISSN: 16067916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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