Syphilis and HIV seroconversion among a 12-month prospective cohort of men who have sex with men in Shenyang, China

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 432-439

  Xu, Jun Jie ^a   Zhang, Min ^a   Brown, Katherine ^b   Reilly, Kathleen ^b,c   Wang, Hailong ^a   Hu, Qinghai ^a   Ding, Haibo ^a   Chu, Zhenxing ^a   Bice, Tristan ^a   Shang, Hong ^a  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

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

^c TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHINA; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SEROCONVERSION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SYPHILIS; ADOLESCENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; INCIDENCE; INTERVIEW; MALE HOMOSEXUALITY; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRANSMISSION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHINA; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SYPHILIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954088680     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OLQ.0b013e3181d13eed     Document Type: Article

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