China, HIV, and syphilis among men who have sex with men: An urgent call to action

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 310-313

  Muessig, Kathryn E ^a   Cohen, Myron S ^a,b  

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

^b University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

China; HIV; syphilis

Indexed keywords

BISEXUAL MALE; CHINA; CONCURRENT SEXUAL PARTNERSHIP; DISEASE ERADICATION; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; HERD IMMUNITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN; POPULATION SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYPHILIS; COINFECTION; COMPLICATION; HIV INFECTIONS; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUALITY; MIXED INFECTION; NOTE;

COINFECTION; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; SYPHILIS;

CHINA; HIV; SYPHILIS;

EID: 84879633441     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: 15376591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cid/cit213     Document Type: Review

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