High HIV prevalence detected in 2006 and 2007 among men who have sex with men in China's largest municipality: An alarming epidemic in Chongqing, China

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 79-85

  Feng, Liangui ^a   Ding, Xianbin ^a   Lu, Rongrong ^a   Liu, Jie ^b   Sy, Aileen ^c   Ouyang, Lin ^a   Pan, Chuanbo ^d   Yi, Huirong ^d   Liu, Honghong ^e   Xu, Jing ^a   Zhao, Jinkou ^f  

^a Chongqing Center for Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Jiulongpo District Center for Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

^e Chongqing Shapingba Center for Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

^f BILL AND MELINDA GATES FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

China; Chongqing; Epidemiology; HIV 1; MSM; Syphilis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; MARRIED MAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE;

ADULT; CHINA; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; UNSAFE SEX;

EID: 69549114803     PISSN: 15254135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAI.0b013e3181a4f53e     Document Type: Article

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