HIV infection among men who have sex with men in kampala, uganda-a respondent driven sampling survey

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Hladik, Wolfgang ^a,b   Barker, Joseph ^a   Ssenkusu, John M ^a   Opio, Alex ^c   Tappero, Jordan W ^a   Hakim, Avi ^d   Serwadda, David ^e  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Uganda)

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

^e MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOMOPHOBIA; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERVIEW; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; MORALITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; RANDOM SAMPLE; SELF REPORT; SEXUAL ABUSE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; UGANDA; VERBAL HOSTILITY; FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; UGANDA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84861659602     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0038143     Document Type: Article

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