Elevated risk for HIV infection among men who have sex with men in low- and middle-income countries 2000-2006: A systematic review

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1901-1911

  Baral, Stefan ^a,b   Sifakis, Frangiscos ^a   Cleghorn, Farley ^c   Beyrer, Chris ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c Palladium Group   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICA; ARTICLE; ASIA; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RISK; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRY; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UNITED NATIONS; USSR; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ADOLESCENT; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EUROPE; HOMOSEXUALITY; META ANALYSIS; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; UNSAFE SEX; WESTERN HEMISPHERE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; AMERICAS; ASIA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EUROPE; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; UNSAFE SEX;

EID: 38049087576     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0040339     Document Type: Article

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