Prevalence and Factors Associated with Hepatitis B Immunization and Infection among Men Who Have Sex with Men in Beijing, China

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2012, Pages

  Wang, Chao ^a   Wang, YouXin ^a   Huang, XiaoJie ^b   Li, Xia ^a   Zhang, Tong ^b   Song, ManShu ^a   Wu, LiJuan ^a   Du, Juan ^a   Lu, XiaoQin ^a   Shao, Shuang ^a   Zhao, FeiFei ^a   Ball, Michele A ^c   Wu, Hao ^a,b   Wang, Wei ^a,d,e  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^e EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATION; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNIZATION; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SEROPREVALENCE; SEXUALITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYPHILIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VACCINES; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SYPHILIS; URBAN POPULATION; VACCINATION;

HEPATITIS B VIRUS;

EID: 84868087241     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0048219     Document Type: Article

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