High HIV prevalence among a high-risk subgroup of women attending sexually transmitted infection clinics in Pune, India

Authors :: Mehta, Shruti H.
Reynolds, Steven J.
Gupta, Amita
Celentano David D.
Sahay, Seema
Risbud, Arun
Godbole, Sheela V.
Mehendale, Sanjay M.
Joshi, Smita N.
Bollinger, Robert C.
Source :: Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes (1999). Jan 1, 2006, Vol. 41 Issue 1, p75, 6 p.
Publication Year :: 2006
Abstract: Changes since 1996 in prevalence and correlates of HIV among high-risk women attending sexually transmitted infection (STI) clinics in Pune, India, who deny a history of commercial sex work (CSW) are investigated. Such women represent a small, hidden subgroup and are likely put at risk for HIV because of high-risk behavior of their male partners, generally their husbands.

Subjects :: HIV seroprevalence -- Risk factors
Prostitutes -- Diseases
Prostitutes -- Health aspects
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