Men who have sex with men and transgenders in Mumbai, India: An emerging risk group for STIs and HIV

Indian Journal of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprology

Volumn 72, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 425-431

  Setia, Maninder Singh ^a   Lindan, Christina ^b   Jerajani, H R ^c,h   Kumta, Sameer ^d   Ekstrand, Maria ^b   Mathur, M ^c   Gogate, A ^e   Kavi, A R ^f   Anand, V ^f   Klausner, Jeffrey D ^g  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c LOKMANYA TILAK MUNICIPAL MEDICAL COLLEGE AND GENERAL HOSPITAL   (India)

^d BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Humsafar Trust ^*

^f The Humsafar Trust   (India)

^g SAN FRANCISCO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^h LOKMANYA TILAK MUNICIPAL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

HIV; Men who have sex with men; Risk behaviors; Sexually transmitted infections; Transgenders

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANUS INTERCOURSE; ARTICLE; CONDOM; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEMAGGLUTINATION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INDIA; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; SEROLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; TRANSSEXUALISM; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

EID: 33845959262     PISSN: 03786323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0378-6323.29338     Document Type: Article

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