Incidence and predictors of HIV and sexually transmitted infections among female sex workers and their intimate male partners in northern Mexico: A longitudinal, multilevel study

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 181, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 723-731

  Bazzi, Angela Robertson ^a   Rangel, Gudelia ^a   Martinez, Gustavo ^a   Ulibarri, Monica D ^a   Syvertsen, Jennifer L ^a   Bazzi, Samuel A ^a   Roesch, Scott ^a   Pines, Heather A ^a   Strathdee, Steffanie A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

drug use; female sex workers; heterosexual couples; HIV; incidence; Mexico; prospective studies; sexually transmitted infections

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION; HEALTH RISK; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; PREDICTION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; VIRAL DISEASE; VULNERABILITY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDIASIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFLICT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GONORRHEA; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEXICO; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROSTITUTION; SELF REPORT; SEXUAL HEALTH; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYPHILIS; HIV INFECTIONS; MALE; RISK FACTOR; SEX WORKER; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA];

CHLAMYDIA; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

ADULT; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MEXICO; RISK FACTORS; SEX WORKERS;

EID: 84928910928     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwu340     Document Type: Article

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