Sexually Transmitted Infections — Sexually Transmitted Infections Among African American Women Who Have Sex With Women
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Agénor M, Austin SB, Kort D, Austin EL, Muzny CA Sexual Orientation and Sexual and Reproductive Health among African American Sexual Minority Women in the U.S. South. Womens Health Issues. 2016 Nov - Dec;26(6):612-621. doi: 10.1016/j.whi.2016.07.004.
Austin EL, Lindley LL, Mena LA, Crosby RA, Muzny CA Families of choice and noncollegiate sororities and fraternities among lesbian and bisexual African-American women in a southern community: implications for sexual and reproductive health research. Sex Health. 2014 Mar;11(1):24-30. doi: 10.1071/SH13145.
Muzny CA, Austin EL, Harbison HS, Hook EW 3rd Sexual partnership characteristics of African American women who have sex with women; impact on sexually transmitted infection risk. Sex Transm Dis. 2014 Oct;41(10):611-7. doi: 10.1097/OLQ.0000000000000194.
Muzny CA, Harbison HS, Pembleton ES, Austin EL Sexual behaviors, perception of sexually transmitted infection risk, and practice of safe sex among southern African American women who have sex with women. Sex Transm Dis. 2013 May;40(5):395-400. doi: 10.1097/OLQ.0b013e31828caf34.
Muzny CA, Harbison HS, Pembleton ES, Hook EW, Austin EL Misperceptions regarding protective barrier method use for safer sex among African-American women who have sex with women. Sex Health. 2013 May;10(2):138-41. doi: 10.1071/SH12106.
Muzny CA, Kapil R, Austin EL, Hook EW, Geisler WM Lower sexually transmissible infection prevalence among lifetime exclusive women who have sex with women compared with women who have sex with women and men. Sex Health. 2014 Dec;11(6):592-3. doi: 10.1071
Muzny CA, Rivers CA, Mena LA, Schwebke JR Genotypic characterization of Trichomonas vaginalis isolates among women who have sex with women in sexual partnerships. Sex Transm Dis. 2012 Jul;39(7):556-8. doi: 10.1097/OLQ.0b013e31824f1c49.
Muzny CA, Rivers CA, Parker CJ, Mena LA, Austin EL, Schwebke JR Lack of evidence for sexual transmission of genital Candida species among women who have sex with women: a mixed methods study. Sex Transm Infect. 2014 Mar;90(2):165-70. doi: 10.1136/sextrans-2013-051361.
Muzny CA, Sunesara IR, Martin DH, Mena LA Sexually transmitted infections and risk behaviors among African American women who have sex with women: does sex with men make a difference? Sex Transm Dis. 2011 Dec;38(12):1118-25. doi: 10.1097/OLQ.0b013e31822e6179.
Sexually Transmitted Infections Among African American Women Who Have Sex With Women
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