Investigating a sexual network of black men who have sex with men: Implications for transmission and prevention of HIV infection in the United States

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 515-521

  Hurt, Christopher B ^a   Beagle, Steve ^a   Leone, Peter A ^a,b   Sugarbaker, Alyssa ^a   Pike, Emily ^a   Kuruc, Joann ^a   Foust, Evelyn M ^b   Eron Jr , Joseph J ^a   Cohen, Myron S ^a   Hightow Weidman, Lisa B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; HIV; men who have sex with men; sexual networks

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ARTICLE; BIVARIATE ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HIV TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; LINEAR SYSTEM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEGRO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; SEXUALITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOCIAL NETWORK; SYPHILIS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84870295414     PISSN: 15254135     EISSN: 10779450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAI.0b013e31827076a4     Document Type: Article

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