Prevalence of sexually transmitted infections among men who have sex with men in Zagreb, Croatia

AIDS and Behavior

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 303-309

  Bozicevic, Ivana ^a   Rode, Oktavija Dakovic ^b   Lepej, Snjezana Zidovec ^b   Johnston, Lisa Grazina ^c   Stulhofer, Aleksandar ^d   Dominkovic, Zoran ^e   Bacak, Valerio ^d   Lukas, Davorka ^b   Begovac, Josip ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^b Ministarstva Zdravstva i Socijalne Skrbi RH   (Croatia)

^c TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^e Non governmental Organization   (Croatia)

Author keywords

HIV; Men who have sex with men; Respondent driven sampling; Sexual behaviours; STI

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIASIS; CROATIA; GONORRHEA; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; RISK FACTOR; SEROPREVALENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; UNSAFE SEX;

CROATIA; DATA COLLECTION; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES, VIRAL; SYPHILIS;

EID: 62149131468     PISSN: 10907165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10461-008-9436-7     Document Type: Article

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