William Chi Wai Wong|John A. Tambis|M. Cristina Hernández|Janice K. Chaw|Jeffrey D. Klausner
Prevalence of Sexually Transmitted Diseases Among Latino Immigrant Day Laborers in an Urban Setting—San Francisco
Epidemic Intelligence Service|San Francisco Department of Public Health|San Francisco Department of Public Health|San Francisco Department of Public Health|San Francisco Department of Public Health|San Francisco Department of Public Health
although rural latino migrant laborers identified group atrisk acquiring hiv studies examined transmitted diseases stds urban latino migrant laborersto assess prevalence stds sample urban migrant day laborers san franciscoa convenience sample participants day laborer project san francisco department public health screened stds september 1994 january 2001 screening included serologic tests syphilis nucleic acid amplification tests gonorrhea chlamydiaa total 292 clients participated screening program participants male latino recent immigrants 235 persons screened syphilis secondary syphilis diagnosed one 04 participant 198 persons screened gonorrhea chlamydia 1 05 gonorrhea 7 35 chlamydiaurban latino migrant day laborers population atrisk infection stds communitybased std screening programs might effective way detect stds population