High burden of STI and HIV in male sex workers working as internet escorts for men in an observational study: A hidden key population compared with female sex workers and other men who have sex with men

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Verhaegh Haasnoot, Amanja ^a   Dukers Muijrers, Nicole H T M ^a,b   Hoebe, Christian J P A ^a,b  

^a South Limburg Public Health Service   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Female sex workers; HIV infection; Key populations; Male sex workers; Men who have sex with men; Public health policy; Sexually transmitted infections

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA; CONCURRENT SEXUAL PARTNERSHIP; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HEPATITIS B; HIV TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN; MIGRANT WORKER; MIXED INFECTION; NETHERLANDS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATHOGEN LOAD; PROSTITUTION; ROMANIA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYPHILIS; VACCINATION; ADOLESCENT; HETEROSEXUALITY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HIV INFECTIONS; INTERNET; MALE HOMOSEXUALITY; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEX WORKER; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK-TAKING; SEX WORKERS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84938207104     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12879-015-1045-2     Document Type: Article

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