High HIV risk in a cohort of male sex workers from Nairobi, Kenya

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 237-242

  McKinnon, Lyle R ^a,b   Gakii, Gloria ^a   Juno, Jennifer A ^c   Izulla, Preston ^a   Munyao, Julius ^a   Ireri, Naomi ^a   Kariuki, Cecilia W ^a   Shaw, Souradet Y ^c   Nagelkerke, Nico J D ^c,d   Gelmon, Lawrence ^a,c   Musyoki, Helgar ^e   Muraguri, Nicholas ^e   Kaul, Rupert ^a,b   Lorway, Rob ^c   Kimani, Joshua ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^d UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^e Ministry of Public Health and Sanitation   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANNABIS;

ADULT; AGE; ANAL INTERCOURSE; ARTICLE; CANNABIS USE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COITUS; CONDOM USE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIV EDUCATION; HIV TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INCIDENCE; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; INSERTIVE ANAL SEX; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN; ORAL SEX; PATIENT COUNSELING; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROSTITUTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECEPTIVE ANAL SEX; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PRACTICE; URETHRAL DISCHARGE; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

AFRICA; HIV; MALES;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CONDOMS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; KENYA; MALE; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK-TAKING; SEX WORKERS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 84899571799     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: 14723263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sextrans-2013-051310     Document Type: Article

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