Incidence of HIV-1, syphilis, hepatitis B, and hepatitis c virus infections and predictors associated with retention in a 12-month follow-up study among men who have sex with men in Beijing, China

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 604-610

  Ruan, Yuhua ^a   Jia, Yujiang ^b,c   Zhang, Xiaoxi ^a   Liang, Hongyuan ^a   Li, Qingchun ^a   Yang, Ye ^b   Li, Dongliang ^b   Zhou, Zhenhai ^a   Luo, Fengji ^b   Shi, Wei ^b   Shao, Yiming ^a  

^a CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^b Institute for Global Health   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

China; Hepatitis; HIV; Men who have sex with men; Prospective cohort study; Syphilis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FOLLOW UP; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1 INFECTION; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYPHILIS; ADOLESCENT; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MIDDLE AGED; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHINA; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SYPHILIS; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 73349086265     PISSN: 15254135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAI.0b013e3181b31f5c     Document Type: Article

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