Bridging the epidemic: a comprehensive analysis of prevalence and correlates of HIV, hepatitis C, and syphilis, and infection among female sex workers in Guangxi Province, China.

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Published in PLoS One on February 27, 2015

Authors

Yi Chen1, Zhiyong Shen1, Jamie P Morano2, Kaveh Khoshnood3, Zunyou Wu4, Guanghua Lan1, Qiuying Zhu1, Yuejiao Zhou1, Shuai Tang1, Wei Liu1, Jie Chen5, Zhenzhu Tang1

Author Affiliations

1: Guangxi Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Nanning, China.
2: University of South Florida, Morsani College of Medicine, Division of Infectious Disease and International Medicine, and College of Public Health, Tampa, Florida, United States of America.
3: Yale University School of Public Health, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America.
4: National Center for AIDS/STD Control and Prevention, China Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China.
5: Health and Family Planning Commission of Guangxi, Zhuang Autonomous Region, Nanning, China.

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