Same-sex behavior and high rates of HIV among men attending sexually transmitted infection clinics in Pune, India (1993-2002)

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 483-490

  Gupta, Amita ^a,e   Mehta, Shruti ^b   Godbole, Sheela V ^c   Sahay, Seema ^c   Walshe, Louise ^a   Reynolds, Steven J ^a,d   Ghate, Manisha ^c   Gangakhedkar, Raman R ^c   Divekar, Anand D ^c   Risbud, Arun R ^c   Mehendale, Sanjay M ^c   Bollinger, Robert C ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c NATIONAL AIDS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Genital ulcer disease; Gonorrhea; HIV; Homosexual; India; Male to male sex; Men; MSM; Prevalence; Risk factors; Same sex behaviors; Sexually transmitted infections; Syphilis; Trends

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONDOM; DEMOGRAPHY; EMPLOYMENT; EUNUCHOIDISM; GENITAL ULCER; GONORRHEA; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; INDIA; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MONEY; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYPHILIS;

ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK-TAKING; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES;

EID: 33750943685     PISSN: 15254135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.qai.0000243097.27029.b7     Document Type: Article

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