| seroprevalence and correlates of hiv, syphilis, and hepatitis b and c virus among intrapartum patients in kabul, afghanistan. | little current information is available for prevalence of vertically-transmitted infections among the afghan population. the purpose of this study is to determine prevalence and correlates of human immunodeficiency virus (hiv), syphilis, and hepatitis b and c infection among obstetric patients and model hepatitis b vaccination approaches in kabul, afghanistan. | 2008 | 18798996 |
| hiv awareness and condom use among female sex workers in afghanistan: implications for intervention. | there is little information about hiv awareness or condom use among female sex workers (fsws) in afghanistan. the purpose of this cross-sectional study was to assess hiv awareness, knowledge, and condom use among fsws in three afghan cities. fsws residing in jalalabad, kabul, and mazar-i-sharif were recruited through outreach programs and completed an interviewer-administered questionnaire and rapid tests for hepatitis b surface antigen, hiv, syphilis, and hepatitis c virus. logistic regression ... | 2011 | 21347898 |
| prevalence of hiv, hepatitis b and hepatitis c and associated risk behaviours amongst injecting drug users in three afghan cities. | hiv amongst injecting drug users (idus) has been described in kabul but little data exists for other afghan cities. we assessed hiv, hepatitis b virus (hbv), and c virus (hcv) prevalence and associated risk behaviours amongst idus in hirat, jalalabad, and mazar-i-sharif, afghanistan. | 2010 | 21146392 |
| hiv, hepatitis b, and hepatitis c prevalence and associated risk behaviors among female sex workers in three afghan cities. | to assess prevalence of hiv, syphilis, and hepatitis b (hbv) and c virus (hcv) and associated risk behaviors among female sex workers (fsws) in three afghan cities. | 2010 | 20610952 |
| hiv, hepatitis c, and hepatitis b infections and associated risk behavior in injection drug users, kabul, afghanistan. | limited prevalence data for hiv, hepatitis b surface antigen (hbsag), and hepatitis c virus (hcv) exist for afghanistan. we studied a cross-sectional sample of adult injection drug users (idus) in kabul, afghanistan, from june 2005 through june 2006. study participants completed interviewer-administered questionnaires and underwent testing for hiv, antibody to hcv, and hbsag. overall prevalences of hiv, hcv, and hbsag were 3.0% (95% confidence interval [ci] 1.7%-5.1%), 36.6% (95% ci 32.2%-41.0%) ... | 2007 | 18252103 |