Prevalence of HIV, syphilis, and other sexually transmitted infections among MSM from three cities in Panama

Journal of Urban Health

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 793-808

  Hakre, Shilpa ^a   Arteaga, Griselda B ^b,c   Núñez, Aurelio E ^d   Arambu, Nelson ^e   Aumakhan, Bulbulgul ^f   Liu, Michelle ^a   Peel, Sheila A ^g   Pascale, Juan M ^b,c   Scott, Paul T ^g  

^a HENRY M JACKSON FOUNDATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF MILITARY MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Instituto Conmemorativo Gorgas de Estudios de la Salud   (Panama)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE PANAMÁ   (Panama)

^d Ministry of Health   (Panama)

^e Valle University of Guatemala   (Guatemala)

^f Ministry of Health   (Mongolia)

^g WALTER REED ARMY INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

HIV; Panama; Respondent driven sampling; Sampling hidden populations; Sexual behavior; Sexually transmitted diseases; Syphilis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMAN; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUALITY; MIDDLE AGED; PANAMA; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SYPHILIS; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANAMA; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SYPHILIS; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84906327175     PISSN: 10993460     EISSN: 14682869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11524-014-9885-4     Document Type: Article

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