Characterization of HIV risks in a Brazilian sickle cell disease population

• Main Authors: P. F. Blatyta (Author), S. Kelly (Author), T. T. Goncalez (Author), A. B. Carneiro-Proietti (Author), T. Salomon (Author), C. Miranda (Author), E. Sabino (Author), L. Preiss (Author), C. Maximo (Author), P. Loureiro (Author), B. Custer (Author), C. de Almeida-Neto (Author), for the NHLBI Recipient Epidemiology and Donor Evaluation Study-III (REDS-III) (Author)
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• Published: BMC, 2020-10-01T00:00:00Z.
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Abstract Background A low prevalence of HIV in sickle cell disease (SCD) patients has been reported in the literature though mechanisms for this are not understood. Methods HIV risk behaviors were compared between SCD cases and non-SCD controls using a self-administered audio computer-assisted self-...