Prevalence of HIV Infection and Associated Risk Factors among Men Who Have Sex with Men (MSM) in Harbin, P. R. China

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Zhang, Ling ^a,d   Zhang, Dandan ^b   Yu, Baowen ^c   Wang, Shangbo ^d   Liu, Yanlin ^d   Wang, Jian ^d   Li, Xin ^a   Shang, Xiaoyun ^a   Li, Hongyuan ^a  

^a HARBIN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Antituberculosis Station   (China)

^c Sanitation Supervision Stations   (China)

^d Heilongjiang Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; MIXED INFECTION; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SYPHILIS;

ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHINA; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEPATITIS C; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SYPHILIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84874876869     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0058440     Document Type: Article

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