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HIV, HBV, and HCV molecular epidemiology among trans (transvestites, transsexuals, and transgender) sex workers in Argentina.
Journal of medical virology - 1 Jan 2014
Carobene Mauricio, Bolcic Federico, Farías María Sol Dos Ramos, Quarleri Jorge, Avila María Mercedes
Abstract excerpt
Commercial sex work is frequent among male-to-female transvestites, transsexuals and transgenders in Argentina, leading to high susceptibility to HIV, HBV, and HCV among other sexually transmitted infections. In a global context of scarce data on the trans sex workers population, this study was aimed to study the genomic characterization of these viruses. Plasma presence of HIV, HBV, and HCV genomic material was...
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