The HIV care continuum among female sex workers: A key population in Lilongwe, Malawi

PLoS ONE

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Lancaster, Kathryn Elizabeth ^a,c   Powers, Kimberly A ^a   Lungu, Thandie ^b   Mmodzi, Pearson ^b   Hosseinipour, Mina C ^b,c   Chadwick, Katy ^d   Go, Vivian F ^a   Pence, Brian W ^a   Hoffman, Irving F ^b,c   Miller, William C ^a,c  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d NONE   (Malawi)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTI HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMAN; MALAWI; PATIENT CARE; PROSTITUTION; VIRUS LOAD; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTI-HIV AGENTS; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALAWI; SEX WORK; VIRAL LOAD; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84958213166     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0147662     Document Type: Article

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