The changing face of HIV in Latin America and the Caribbean

Current HIV/AIDS Reports

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 146-157

  García, Patricia J ^a,b   Bayer, Angela ^a,c   Cárcamo, César P ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD PERUANA CAYETANO HEREDIA   (Peru)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Global epidemic; HIV; HIV in LAC; HIV AIDS; Latin America; Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC); MSM; The Caribbean

Indexed keywords

ANTI HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS AGENT;

ARTICLE; CENTRAL AMERICA; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; DRUG USE; GENOTYPE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INCIDENCE; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN; PRISON; PRISONER; PROSTITUTION; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; TRANSGENDERISM; UNPROTECTED SEX; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CARIBBEAN; CHILD; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH SURVEY; HIV INFECTIONS; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUALITY; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; TRANSGENDER; TRENDS; UNSAFE SEX; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CARIBBEAN REGION; CHILD; DRUG USERS; FEMALE; GLOBAL HEALTH; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LATIN AMERICA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; SEX WORKERS; TRANSGENDERED PERSONS; UNSAFE SEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84903614033     PISSN: 15483568     EISSN: 15483576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11904-014-0204-1     Document Type: Article

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