Pattern of HIV testing and multiple sexual partnerships among men who have sex with men in China

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Chow, Eric P F ^a,b,c,d   Jing, Jun ^b   Feng, Yuji ^e   Min, Dai ^e   Zhang, Jun ^b   Wilson, David P ^a   Zhang, Xiaohu ^b,f   Zhang, Lei ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e BILL AND MELINDA GATES FOUNDATION   (United States)

^f Key lab of biological evaluation of medical devices of Shandong province   (China)

Author keywords

China; HIV testing; Men who have sex with men (MSM); Sexual behaviours

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAL INTERCOURSE; ARTICLE; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HIV TEST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SELF REPORT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; STUDENT; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ADOLESCENT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HIV INFECTIONS; MALE HOMOSEXUALITY; MASS SCREENING; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEXUAL PARTNERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84887547940     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-13-549     Document Type: Article

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