Condom use rather than serosorting explains differences in HIV incidence among men who have sex with men

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 574-580

  Van Der Bij, Akke K ^a   Kolader, Marion E ^b   De Vries, Henry J C ^b,c   Prins, Maria ^a,c   Coutinho, Roel A ^a,c,d   Dukers, Nicole H T M ^a,c  

^a Health Service of Amsterdam ^*  (Netherlands)

^b Cluster of Infectious Diseases   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anal intercourse; Condom use; Epidemiology; HIV; Men who have sex with men; Risk behavior; Serosorting

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANUS INTERCOURSE; ARTICLE; CONDOM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; LABORATORY TEST; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT INFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROSORTING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

CONDOMS; HIV; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; NETHERLANDS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SAFE SEX; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; UNSAFE SEX; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 34548101633     PISSN: 15254135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAI.0b013e3180959ab7     Document Type: Article

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