Prevalence of HIV, syphilis, and HCV infection and associated risk factors among male clients of low-paying female sex workers in a rural county of Guangxi, China: A cross-sectional study

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 230-236

  Zhang, Chen ^a   Li, Xiaoming ^b   Su, Shaobing ^b   Zhang, Liying ^b   Zhou, Yuejiao ^c   Shen, Zhiyong ^c   Tang, Zhenzhu ^c  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Guangxi CDC   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ILLICIT DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHINA; CONCURRENT SEXUAL PARTNERSHIP; CONDOM USE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG ABUSE; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTITUTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL AREA; SYPHILIS; UNPROTECTED SEX; VERY ELDERLY;

EPIDEMIOLOGY (GENERAL); HEPATITIS C; HIV; SEXUAL BEHAVIOUR; SYPHILIS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHINA; CONDOMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SEX WORKERS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SYPHILIS;

EID: 84899652792     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: 14723263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sextrans-2013-051275     Document Type: Article

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