The expanding epidemics of HIV type 1 among men who have sex with men in low-and middle-income countries: Diversity and consistency

Epidemiologic Reviews

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 137-151

  Beyrer, Chris ^a   Baral, Stefan D ^a   Walker, Damian ^a   Wirtz, Andrea L ^a   Johns, Benjamin ^a   Sifakis, Frangiscos ^a,b  

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

^b Benjamin Johns ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

HIV; homosexuality; review; risk factors; risk taking; sexual behavior

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; EPIDEMIC; HETEROSEXUAL MALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1 INFECTION; INCOME; KENYA; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PERU; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THAILAND; UKRAINE; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; MALE HOMOSEXUALITY; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTOR; TRANSMISSION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954993433     PISSN: 0193936X     EISSN: 14786729     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/epirev/mxq011     Document Type: Article

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