The epidemiology of human immunodeficiency virus infection, sexually transmitted infections, and associated risk behaviors among men who have sex with men in the mekong subregion and China: Implications for policy and programming

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 319-324

  Lind Van Wijngaarden, Jan W De ^a   Brown, Tim ^b   Girault, Philippe ^c   Sarkar, Swarup ^d   Van Griensven, Frits ^e,f  

^a UNESCO   (Thailand)

^b EAST WEST CENTER   (United States)

^c FAMILY HEALTH INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^d UNAIDS   (Thailand)

^e MINISTRY OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Thailand)

^f CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAMBODIA; CHINA; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GONORRHEA; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS A VIRUS; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERNET; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PREVALENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SYPHILIS; THAILAND; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM; URBAN AREA; VIET NAM; CONDOM; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HOMOSEXUALITY; LAOS; MYANMAR; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; UNSAFE SEX; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

CAMBODIA; CHINA; CONDOMS; HEALTH POLICY; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; LAOS; MALE; MYANMAR; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; THAILAND; UNSAFE SEX; VIETNAM;

EID: 67649910795     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OLQ.0b013e318195c302     Document Type: Article

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