Syphilis and HIV co-infection in patients who attend an AIDS outpatient clinic in Vitoria, Brazil

AIDS and Behavior

Volumn 18, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2014, Pages

  Callegari, Fabiola Mesquita ^a,b   Pinto Neto, Lauro Ferreira ^a,b   Medeiros, Charlla Jezus ^b   Scopel, Camila Binsi ^b   Page, Kimberly ^c   Miranda, Angélica Espinosa ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF ESPÍRITO SANTO   (Brazil)

^b Hospital da Santa Casa Misericórida de Vitoria   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Co infection; HIV; Prevalence; Screening; Syphilis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERVIEW; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIXED INFECTION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; SYPHILIS; SYPHILIS SEROLOGY;

AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; BRAZIL; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; COINFECTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SYPHILIS; SYPHILIS SERODIAGNOSIS;

EID: 84892781760     PISSN: 10907165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10461-013-0533-x     Document Type: Article

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