Relationship between syphilis and HIV infections among men who have sex with men in Beijing, China

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 592-597

  Ruan, Yuhua ^a   Li, Dongliang ^b   Li, Xinxu ^a   Qian, Han Zhu ^c   Shi, Wei ^b   Zhang, Xiaoxi ^b   Yang, Zhenkai ^b   Zhang, Xiaoyan ^a   Wang, Chen ^b   Liu, Yingjie ^b   Yu, Miao ^b   Xiao, Dong ^b   Hao, Chun ^a   Xing, Hui ^a   Hong, Kunxue ^a   Shao, Yiming ^a  

^a CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^b CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^c University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ILLICIT DRUG; KETAMINE;

ADULT; ADVERTIZING; ANUS INTERCOURSE; ARTICLE; CHINA; CONDOM; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; INTERNET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIGRATION; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ORAL SEXUAL CONTACT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFE SEX; SEXUALITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYPHILIS; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHINA; COMMUNITY NETWORKS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SYPHILIS; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 34547639673     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.olq.0000253336.64324.ef     Document Type: Article

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