Behavioral and molecular tracing of risky sexual contacts in a sample of Chinese HIV-infected men who have sex with men

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 177, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 343-350

  Lin, Haijiang ^a   He, Na ^a   Zhou, Sujuan ^a   Ding, Yingying ^a   Qiu, Danhong ^a   Zhang, Tiejun ^a   Wong, Frank Y ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

contact tracing; HIV; human immunodeficiency virus; men who have sex with men; molecular epidemiology; sexual behavior; sexual networks

Indexed keywords

DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH SURVEY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; INFECTIVITY; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENETICS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; GENOTYPE; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HIV TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION PREVENTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PATIENT COUNSELING; PHYLOGENY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHINA; CONTACT TRACING; COUNSELING; FEMALE; GENES, ENV; GENES, GAG; HEALTH SURVEYS; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SAMPLING STUDIES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS;

CHINA; TAIZHOU; ZHEJIANG;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1;

EID: 84873616604     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kws256     Document Type: Article

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