HIV and syphilis in the context of community vulnerability among indigenous people in the Brazilian Amazon
Abstract Background Contextual factors shape the risk of acquiring human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and syphilis. We estimated the prevalence of both infections among indigenous people in nine indigenous health districts of the Brazilian Amazon and examined the context of community vulnerability t...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2017-06-01
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Series: | International Journal for Equity in Health |
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Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12939-017-0589-8 |