The next era of HIV in China: Rapidly spreading epidemics among men who have sex with men

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2010, Pages

  Fung Chow, Eric Pui ^a   Wilson, David P ^a   Zhang, Lei ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHINA; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; LETTER; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION;

BISEXUALITY; CHINA; COHORT STUDIES; EPIDEMICS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 78649386180     PISSN: 15254135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAI.0b013e3181f3d3c1     Document Type: Letter

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