%0 Journal Article %T Transcendendo: A Cohort Study of HIV-Infected and Uninfected Transgender Women in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil %A Ana Cristina Garcia Ferreira %A Antonio G. Pacheco %A Beatriz Grinsztejn %A Biancka Fernandes %A Cristiane V. Castro %A Emilia Moreira Jalil %A Lara Esteves Coelho %A Laylla Monteiro %A Leonardo F. Eksterman %A Luciana Kamel %A Maria Regina C. Guimar£¿es %A Monica Derrico %A Paula Mendes Luz %A Rodrigo C. Moreira %A Ronaldo I. Moreira %A Ruth K. Friedman %A Sandra Wagner Cardoso %A Valdilea G. Veloso %J Archive of "Transgender Health". %D 2019 %R 10.1089/trgh.2018.0063 %X Purpose: Worldwide, the burden of adverse health conditions is substantial among travestis and transgender women (trans women). Transcendendo, the first trans-specific cohort in a low- or middle-income country, is an open cohort established in August 2015 to longitudinally evaluate the health aspects of trans women aged ¡Ư18 years in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil %K cohort %K HIV %K transgender health %K transgender person %K transgender woman %U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6455979/