HIV serosorting in men who have Sex with Men: Is it safe

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 212-218

  Golden, Matthew R ^a,b,c   Stekler, Joanne ^a,b   Hughes, James P ^b   Wood, Robert W ^a,b  

^a Public Health Seattle and King County ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

HIV; Men who have sex with men; Prevention; Serosorting; STD

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANUS INTERCOURSE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; METHODOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFE SEX; SEROSORTING; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; UNSAFE SEX; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, HORIZONTAL; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; WASHINGTON;

EID: 55249114356     PISSN: 15254135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAI.0b013e31818455e8     Document Type: Article

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