Global epidemiology of HIV among female sex workers: Influence of structural determinants

The Lancet

Volumn 385, Issue 9962, 2015, Pages 55-71

  Shannon, Kate ^a   Strathdee, Steffanie A ^b   Goldenberg, Shira M ^a   Duff, Putu ^a   Mwangi, Peninah ^c   Rusakova, Maia ^d   Reza Paul, Sushena ^e   Lau, Joseph ^f   Deering, Kathleen ^a   Pickles, Michael R ^g   Boily, Marie Claude ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Bar Hostesses Empowerment and Support Program African Sex Workers Alliance   (Kenya)

^d NGO Stellit   (Russian Federation)

^e Ashodaya Samathi Collective   (India)

^f CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^g IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ASIA; CANADA; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CONDOM USE; EASTERN EUROPE; EMPOWERMENT; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INCIDENCE; INDIA; INFECTION PREVENTION; KENYA; NONHUMAN; PROSTITUTION; REVIEW; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SCALE UP; SEXUAL VIOLENCE; VIOLENCE; VIRUS LOAD; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; CONDOM; HEALTH; HIV INFECTIONS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SEX WORKER; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

ANTI-RETROVIRAL AGENTS; CANADA; CONDOMS; FEMALE; GLOBAL HEALTH; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INDIA; KENYA; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX WORK; SEX WORKERS;

EID: 84920578578     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(14)60931-4     Document Type: Review

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