HIV prevalence rates among men who have sex with men in the Southern United States: Population-based estimates by race/ethnicity

AIDS and Behavior

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 596-606

  Lieb, Spencer ^a   Prejean, Joseph ^b   Thompson, Daniel R ^a   Fallon, Stephen J ^c   Cooper, Hannah ^d   Gates, Gary J ^e   Liberti, Thomas M ^a   Friedman, Samuel R ^f,g   Malow, Robert M ^h  

^a FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c Skills4 Inc   (United States)

^d EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (United States)

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

^h FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidemic modeling; HIV prevalence; HIV AIDS; Men who have sex with men; Racial ethnic disparities

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HISPANIC; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEGRO; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SEROPREVALENCE; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79959919962     PISSN: 10907165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10461-010-9820-y     Document Type: Article

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