HIV epidemics among men who have sex with men in central and eastern Europe

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 85, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 336-342

  Bozicevic, Ivana ^a   Voncina, L ^a   Zigrovic, L ^a   Munz, M ^b   Lazarus, J V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIBODY;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ANUS INTERCOURSE; CHLAMYDIASIS; CLASSIFICATION; CONDOM; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG USE; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; EUROPE; GONORRHEA; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEPATITIS C; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SAMPLE SIZE; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; SEROPREVALENCE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION; STIGMA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASIA; EUROPE; EUROPE, EASTERN; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349325841     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: 14723263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sti.2008.035436     Document Type: Review

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