HIV epidemic among key populations in west Africa

Current Opinion in HIV and AIDS

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 506-513

  Djomand, Gaston ^a   Quaye, Silas ^b   Sullivan, Patrick S ^c  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b Division of Global HIV AIDS Center for Global Health Center for Disease Control and Prevention   (Ghana)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

concentrated epidemics; female sex workers; key populations; men who have sex with men; west Africa

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE SEX WORKER; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; HUMAN RIGHTS; INCIDENCE; INFECTION PREVENTION; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN; META ANALYSIS; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTITUTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUALITY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AFRICA, WESTERN; EPIDEMICS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; SEX WORKERS;

EID: 84906053151     PISSN: 1746630X     EISSN: 17466318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/COH.0000000000000090     Document Type: Review

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