HIV and syphilis co-infection increasing among men who have sex with men in China: A systematic review and Meta-Analysis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2011, Pages

  Chow, Eric P F ^a   Wilson, David P ^a   Zhang, Lei ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHINA; CHRONOLOGY; DATA BASE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INFECTION RATE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; META ANALYSIS; MIXED INFECTION; PREVALENCE; SCREENING; SYPHILIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREND STUDY; ASIAN; ETHNOLOGY; HOMOSEXUALITY; REVIEW; STATISTICS;

ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHINA; COINFECTION; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; SYPHILIS;

EID: 80051684130     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0022768     Document Type: Article

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