A continuing HIV epidemic and differential patterns of HIV-STI risk among MSM in quito, ecuador: An urgent need to scale up HIV testing and prevention

AIDS and Behavior

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 88-98

  Jacobson, Jerry O ^a   Sánchez Gómez, Amaya ^b   Montoya, Orlando ^c   Soria, Efrain ^c   Tarupi, Wilmer ^d   Urquizo, Marcelo Chiriboga ^e   Ortiz, Eliana Champutiz ^e   Miranda, Sonia Morales ^f   Tobar, Rodrigo ^g   Gómez, Bertha ^a   Riera, Celia ^b  

^a PAN AMERICAN HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Colombia)

^b PAN AMERICAN HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Ecuador)

^c Ecuadorian Foundation EQUIDAD   (Ecuador)

^d School of Engineering Sciences and Industry   (Ecuador)

^e Inst Nac Higiene y Med Trop L   (Ecuador)

^f UNIVERSIDAD DEL VALLE DE GUATEMALA   (Guatemala)

^g Ministry of Public Health   (Ecuador)

Author keywords

Ecuador; HIV; Men who have sex with men; Sexually transmitted infections

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECUADOR; HEALTH SERVICE; HEPATITIS B; HERPES GENITALIS; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMAN; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUALITY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PSYCHOLOGY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SYPHILIS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ECUADOR; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEPATITIS B; HERPES GENITALIS; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPESVIRUS 2, HUMAN; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; RISK-TAKING; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SYPHILIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84892800569     PISSN: 10907165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10461-013-0478-0     Document Type: Article

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