Strong propensity for HIV transmission among men who have sex with men in Vietnam: Behavioural data and sexual network modelling

BMJ Open

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Bengtsson, Linus ^a,b   Lu, Xin ^a,b,c   Liljeros, Fredrik ^b,d   Thanh, Hoang Huy ^e   Thorson, Anna ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b Institute for Futures Studies   (Sweden)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF DEFENSE TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^d STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e Institute for Studies of Society Economy and Environment   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAL INTERCOURSE; ARTICLE; BASIC REPRODUCTION NUMBER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HEALTH SURVEY; HIV TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INTERNET; MALE; MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN; RISK; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; UNPROTECTED SEX; VIET NAM; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; YOUNG ADULT; ADOLESCENT; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HIV INFECTIONS; MALE HOMOSEXUALITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUALITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; TRANSMISSION; UNSAFE SEX;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; UNSAFE SEX; VIETNAM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84892871927     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2013-003526     Document Type: Article

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