HIV serosorting among HIV-positive men who have sex with men is associated with increased self-reported incidence of bacterial sexually transmissible infections

Sexual Health

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 184-193

  Marcus, Ulrich ^a   Schmidt, Axel J ^a   Hamouda, Osamah ^a  

^a ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

condom use; Germany; sexual risk management.

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONDOM; CONTROLLED STUDY; GERMANY; GONORRHEA; HIV TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MORBIDITY; ONLINE SYSTEM; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK MANAGEMENT; SELF REPORT; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYPHILIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; GERMANY; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK MANAGEMENT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79957451416     PISSN: 14485028     EISSN: 14498987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/SH10053     Document Type: Article

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