HIV prevalence and risk practices among men who have sex with men in two South African Cities

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 69-76

  Rispel, Laetitia Charmaine ^a   Metcalf, Carol Ann ^b   Cloete, Allanise ^c   Reddy, Vasu ^c   Lombard, Carl ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES   (Switzerland)

^c HUMAN SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^d SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

HIV; men who have sex with men; risk factors; South Africa; surveillance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANUS INTERCOURSE; ARTICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; NEGRO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOUTH AFRICA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; HIV; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK-TAKING; SOUTH AFRICA; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79955035354     PISSN: 15254135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAI.0b013e318211b40a     Document Type: Article

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