Estimating HIV prevalence and HIV-related risk behaviors among heterosexual women who have multiple sex partners using respondent-driven sampling in a high-risk community in South Africa

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 457-464

  Townsend, Loraine ^a   Zembe, Yanga ^a   Mathews, Catherine ^a,b   Mason Jones, Amanda J ^a  

^a SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Biological and behavioral surveillance survey; HIV prevalence; HIV risk behavior; Multiple concurrent sexual partners; Respondent driven sampling; South Africa

Indexed keywords

ILLICIT DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLOOD SAMPLING; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DRIED BLOOD SPOT TESTING; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HETEROSEXUAL FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HIV TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARRIED WOMAN; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONDENT DRIVEN SAMPLING; REVIEW; SAMPLING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOUTH AFRICA; UNEMPLOYMENT;

EID: 85027943813     PISSN: 15254135     EISSN: 10779450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAI.0b013e3182816990     Document Type: Review

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