Geographical clustering of high risk sexual behaviors in "hot-spots" for HIV and sexually transmitted infections in Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa

AIDS and Behavior

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 317-322

  Ramjee, Gita ^a,c   Wand, Handan ^b  

^a SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Sexual transmitted infections and risk behaviours; South Africa; Spatial clustering

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIASIS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; SOUTH AFRICA; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SYPHILIS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MASS SCREENING; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SOUTH AFRICA; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SYPHILIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84893840243     PISSN: 10907165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10461-013-0578-x     Document Type: Article

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