A decade of research involving men who have sex with men in sub-Saharan Africa: Current knowledge and future directions

Sahara J

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 137-147

  Muraguri, Nicholas ^a   Temmerman, Marleen ^b   Geibel, Scott ^c  

^a Secretariat for the Global Task Team on the Elimination   (Kenya)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c Zambia office   (Zambia)

Author keywords

Africa; Epidemiology; HIV AIDS; Male sex workers; Men who have sex with men; Sexually transmitted infections

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870787962     PISSN: 17290376     EISSN: 18134424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17290376.2012.744176     Document Type: Article

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