High drop-off along the HIV care continuum and ART interruption among female sex workers in the dominican Republic

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 216-222

  Zulliger, Rose ^a   Barrington, Clare ^b   Donastorg, Yeycy ^c   Perez, Martha ^c   Kerrigan, Deanna ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^c Dirección Nacional de Control de Infecciones de Transmisión Sexual y SIDA   (Dominican Republic)

Author keywords

adherence; antiretroviral therapy; Caribbean; engagement; HIV care continuum; sex workers

Indexed keywords

ANTI HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS AGENT; ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

ADULT; ANTIVIRAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICATION COMPLIANCE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTITUTION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STIGMA; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS LOAD; HIV INFECTIONS;

ADULT; ANTI-RETROVIRAL AGENTS; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; SEX WORKERS;

EID: 84929906182     PISSN: 15254135     EISSN: 10779450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAI.0000000000000590     Document Type: Article

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