Prevalence of HIV among MSM in Europe: Comparison of self-reported diagnoses from a large scale internet survey and existing national estimates

BMC Public Health

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Marcus, Ulrich ^a   Hickson, Ford ^b   Weatherburn, Peter ^b   Schmidt, Axel J ^b  

^a ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

HIV prevalence; Internet survey; Men having sex with men (MSM); Seroprevalence studies

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EUROPE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERNET; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SELF REPORT; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; EUROPE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; SELF REPORT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84868698760     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-12-978     Document Type: Article

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