HIV, hepatitis B and C, and syphilis prevalence and coinfection among sex workers in Southern Brazil

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 493-497

  Schuelter Trevisol, Fabiana ^a,b   Custódio, Geisiane ^a   da Silva, Ana Carolina Barreto ^a   de Oliveira, Mikely Byala ^a   Wolfart, Audrei ^a   Trevisol, Daisson José ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

^b HOSPITAL NOSSA SENHORA DA CONCEIÇÃO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Hepatitis; HIV; Syphilis

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; BRAZIL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT TREPONEMA ANTIBODY TEST; HEALTH SURVEY; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RATE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; PREVALENCE; PROSTITUTION; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SYPHILIS; TRANSGENDERISM; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM HEMAGGLUTINATION TEST; VENEREAL DISEASE REACTION TEST; VULNERABLE POPULATION; ADOLESCENT; COINFECTION; HIV INFECTIONS; MICROBIOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VIROLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAZIL; COINFECTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; SEX WORKERS; SYPHILIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84882978664     PISSN: 00378682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/0037-8682-1364-2013     Document Type: Article

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