HIV/AIDS

Comorbid TB and HIV in a Chronically Homeless Male: Social Isolation Compounds Stress of Medical Confinement.

Of all tuberculosis (TB) cases reported in the United States between 1994 and 2003, over 6 percent were among persons classified as homeless during the 12 months prior to diagnosis; 34 percent of TB-infected homeless persons tested nationwide had coinfection with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). In Maryland, the reported number of homeless persons with TB MORE →

Gender-specific Correlates of Sex Trade among Homeless and Marginally Housed Individuals in San Francisco.

This article discusses sex exchange as a well-established risk factor for HIV infection. Little is known about how correlates of sex trade differ by biologic sex and whether length of homelessness is associated with sex trade. The authors conducted a cross-sectional study among a sample of 1,148 homeless and marginally housed individuals in San Francisco to MORE →