Sexual risk behaviour of men who have sex with men: Emerging patterns and new challenges

Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 39-44

  Hart, Graham J ^a   Elford, Jonathan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Men who have sex with men; Risk behaviour; Serosorting; Sexually transmitted infections

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

AGING; CONDOM; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION PREVENTION; LYMPHOGRANULOMA VENEREUM; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; SYPHILIS;

HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 74249107884     PISSN: 09517375     EISSN: 14736527     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QCO.0b013e328334feb1     Document Type: Review

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