Prevalence of HIV and Syphilis Infection among High School and College Student MSM in China: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2013, Pages

  Li, Yongze ^a   Xu, Junjie ^a   Reilly, Kathleen H ^b   Zhang, Jianming ^a   Wei, Hongyi ^a   Jiang, Yongjun ^a   Geng, Wenqing ^a   Tang, Weiming ^c   Shang, Hong ^a  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHINA; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONDOM; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; SAFE SEX; SYPHILIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREND STUDY; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

CHINA; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; SCHOOLS; STUDENTS;

EID: 84880457397     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0069137     Document Type: Review

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