Men who have sex with men have a 140-fold higher risk for newly diagnosed HIV and syphilis compared with heterosexual men in New York City

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 408-416

  Pathela, Preeti ^a   Braunstein, Sarah L ^b   Schillinger, Julia A ^a,c   Shepard, Colin ^b   Sweeney, Monica ^b   Blank, Susan ^a,c  

^a Bureau of Sexually Transmitted Disease Control   (United States)

^b NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE   (United States)

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

Author keywords

health disparities; HIV AIDS rates; men who have sex with men; syphilis rates

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; HEALTH SURVEY; HETEROSEXUAL MALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; SAFE SEX; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SYPHILIS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HEALTH SURVEYS; HETEROSEXUALITY; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK CITY; PREVALENCE; REGISTRIES; RISK; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SYPHILIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80255140417     PISSN: 15254135     EISSN: 10779450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAI.0b013e318230e1ca     Document Type: Article

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