HIV, HBV, and HCV molecular epidemiology among trans (transvestites, transsexuals, and transgender) sex workers in Argentina

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 64-70

  Carobene, Mauricio ^a,b   Bolcic, Federico ^c   Farías, María Sol Dos Ramos ^a,b   Quarleri, Jorge ^a,b   Ávila, María Mercedes ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b National Research Council ^*  (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL COMAHUE   (Argentina)

Author keywords

HIV; Trans sex workers; Viral hepatitis

Indexed keywords

GAG PROTEIN; POL PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIF VPU PROTEIN; VIRUS PROTEIN;

ADULT; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; COMPUTER MODEL; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MORBIDITY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROSTITUTION; RNA ISOLATION; SCREENING TEST; TRANSGENDERISM; TRANSSEXUALITY; TRANSVESTITES; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS;

HIV; TRANS SEX WORKERS; VIRAL HEPATITIS;

ADULT; ARGENTINA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DNA, VIRAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, VIRAL; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HIV; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION, MISSENSE; PHYLOGENY; PLASMA; RNA, VIRAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEX WORKERS; TRANSGENDERED PERSONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84887817050     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: 10969071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.23805     Document Type: Article

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