HIV testing in men who have sex with men: Are we ready to take the next HIV testing test?

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 85, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 487-488

  Imrie, John C G ^a,b   Macdonald, Neil ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONDOM; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EDITORIAL; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; MORBIDITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK REDUCTION; SEXUAL HEALTH; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION; STIGMA;

HEALTH PROMOTION; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 72449149153     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: 14723263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sti.2009.036632     Document Type: Editorial

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