Temporal trends of HIV-related risk behavior among brazilian military conscripts, 1997-2002

Trends in HIV-related sexual risk behaviors among high school students--selected U.S. cities, 1991-1997.

Despite recent decreases in sexual risk behaviors among high school students nationwide, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection was the seventh leading cause of death among persons aged 15-24 years in the United States during 1997. To determine whether the prevalence of HIV-related sexual risk behaviors among high school students also has decreased in certain urban areas heavily affected ...

Dermatological conditions in military conscripts.

BACKGROUND Published studies regarding skin conditions in the military are mainly cross-sectional studies from clinical encounters during war campaigns and military training. AIMS To determine the incidence and spectrum of dermatological conditions in a cohort of military conscripts in Singapore. Soldiers diagnosed with contact dermatitis (CD) were further analysed for body area involvement, ...

High-risk Behavior Among U.S. Military HIV-Infected Active-Duty and Retired Personnel

Trends of HIV-1 seroincidence among HIV-1 sentinel surveillance groups in Cambodia, 1999-2002.

This study reports trends in HIV-1 incidence in Cambodia among different target groups in the HIV-1 Sentinel Surveillance Program in 1999, 2000, and 2002, using the newly developed IgG capture BED-enzyme (HIV subtypes B, E and D) immunoassay (BED-CEIA). HIV-1-positive specimens (n=3599) from 4 sentinel groups in the HIV-1 Sentinel Surveillance Program from 1999 to 2002-brothel-based commercial ...

HIV-related risky practices among Brazilian young men, 2007.

Behavioral surveillance surveys have been carried among military conscripts, in Brazil, since 1996. This paper presents the results of the 2007 survey and compares actual findings with those obtained in previous studies carried out in the period 1999-2002. The conscripts were selected with a two stage sampling stratified by geographical region. The study included a self-reported questionnaire a...