High HIV prevalence among men who have sex with men in Nigeria: Implications for combination prevention

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 221-227

  Vu, Lung ^a   Adebajo, Sylvia ^b   Tun, Waimar ^c   Sheehy, Meredith ^c   Karlyn, Andrew ^c   Njab, Jean ^b   Azeez, Aderemi ^d   Ahonsi, Babatunde ^b  

^a POPULATION SERVICES INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b POPULATION COUNCIL   (Nigeria)

^c POPULATION COUNCIL   (United States)

^d Ministry of Health of Nigeria   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Africa; Combination prevention; HIV; Men who have sex with men; Nigeria; Respondent driven sampling

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BISEXUALITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INFECTION PREVENTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN; NIGERIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSACTIONAL SEX; UNPROTECTED SEX; ADOLESCENT; FEMALE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE HOMOSEXUALITY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICS; UNSAFE SEX;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; NIGERIA; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; UNSAFE SEX; YOUNG ADULT;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84879754330     PISSN: 15254135     EISSN: 10779450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAI.0b013e31828a3e60     Document Type: Article

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