High rates of undiagnosed HIV infections in a community sample of gay men in Melbourne, Australia

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 94-99

  Pedrana, Alisa E ^a,b   Hellard, Margaret E ^a,b,c   Wilson, Kim ^d   Guy, Rebecca ^e   Stoové, Mark ^a,b  

^a BURNET INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d National Serology Reference Laboratory   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

gay men; HIV; prevention; sexual risk behavior; undiagnosed infection

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COMMUNITY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INFECTION RATE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVA ANALYSIS; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; VICTORIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 83655163789     PISSN: 15254135     EISSN: 10779450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAI.0b013e3182396869     Document Type: Article

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