Is sexual serosorting occurring among HIV-positive injection drug users? Comparison between those with HIV-positive partners only, HIV-Negative partners only, and those with any partners of unknown status

AIDS and Behavior

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 92-102

  Mizuno, Yuko ^a   Purcell, David W ^a   Latka, Mary H ^b   Metsch, Lisa R ^c   Ding, Helen ^a   Gomez, Cynthia A ^d   Knowlton, Amy R ^e  

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

^b NEW YORK ACADEMY OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

HIV positive IDUs; Partner HIV status; Partner selection; Serosorting

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; DECISION MAKING; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; PREVALENCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; STATISTICS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; UNSAFE SEX; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SERONEGATIVITY; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; UNSAFE SEX; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 77949328893     PISSN: 10907165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10461-009-9548-8     Document Type: Article

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