HIV and syphilis among men who have sex with men in China: The time to act is now

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 214-216

  Muessig, Kathryn E ^a,b   Tucker, Joseph D ^c   Wang, Bao Xi ^a   Chen, Xiang Sheng ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF DERMATOLOGY   (China)

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

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; CHINA; CHINESE; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; MIXED INFECTION; NOTE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SYPHILIS; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHINA; COHORT STUDIES; CONDOMS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTITUTION; RISK FACTORS; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SPOUSES; SYPHILIS;

EID: 78650786226     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OLQ.0b013e3181d13d2b     Document Type: Note

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