Syphilis and Hepatitis B Co-infection among HIV-Infected, Sex-Trafficked Women and Girls, Nepal

Sex trafficking may play a major role in spread of HIV across South Asia. We investigated co-infection with HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases among 246 sex-trafficked women and girls from Nepal. Those who were HIV positive were more likely than those who were HIV negative to be infected wi...

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Autores principales: Silverman, Jay G., Decker, Michele R., Gupta, Jhumka, Dharmadhikari, Ashwin, Seage, George R., Raj, Anita
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2600282/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18507905
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1406.080090
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author Silverman, Jay G.
Decker, Michele R.
Gupta, Jhumka
Dharmadhikari, Ashwin
Seage, George R.
Raj, Anita
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description Sex trafficking may play a major role in spread of HIV across South Asia. We investigated co-infection with HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases among 246 sex-trafficked women and girls from Nepal. Those who were HIV positive were more likely than those who were HIV negative to be infected with syphilis and/or hepatitis B.
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spelling pubmed-26002822009-01-13 Syphilis and Hepatitis B Co-infection among HIV-Infected, Sex-Trafficked Women and Girls, Nepal Silverman, Jay G. Decker, Michele R. Gupta, Jhumka Dharmadhikari, Ashwin Seage, George R. Raj, Anita Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch Sex trafficking may play a major role in spread of HIV across South Asia. We investigated co-infection with HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases among 246 sex-trafficked women and girls from Nepal. Those who were HIV positive were more likely than those who were HIV negative to be infected with syphilis and/or hepatitis B. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2008-06 /pmc/articles/PMC2600282/ /pubmed/18507905 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1406.080090 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
spellingShingle Dispatch
Silverman, Jay G.
Decker, Michele R.
Gupta, Jhumka
Dharmadhikari, Ashwin
Seage, George R.
Raj, Anita
Syphilis and Hepatitis B Co-infection among HIV-Infected, Sex-Trafficked Women and Girls, Nepal
title Syphilis and Hepatitis B Co-infection among HIV-Infected, Sex-Trafficked Women and Girls, Nepal
title_full Syphilis and Hepatitis B Co-infection among HIV-Infected, Sex-Trafficked Women and Girls, Nepal
title_fullStr Syphilis and Hepatitis B Co-infection among HIV-Infected, Sex-Trafficked Women and Girls, Nepal
title_full_unstemmed Syphilis and Hepatitis B Co-infection among HIV-Infected, Sex-Trafficked Women and Girls, Nepal
title_short Syphilis and Hepatitis B Co-infection among HIV-Infected, Sex-Trafficked Women and Girls, Nepal
title_sort syphilis and hepatitis b co-infection among hiv-infected, sex-trafficked women and girls, nepal
topic Dispatch
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2600282/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18507905
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1406.080090
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