Is serosorting effective in reducing the risk of HIV infection among men who have sex with men with casual sex partners?

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 375-379

  Van Den Boom, Wijnand ^a   Konings, Roos ^a   Davidovich, Udi ^a   Sandfort, Theo ^b   Prins, Maria ^a,c   Stolte, Ineke G ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Netherlands)

^b NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

cohort study; HIV incidence; men who have sex with men; serosorting; sexual behavior

Indexed keywords

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, INFECTIOUS; HIV ANTIBODIES; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SEROSORTING; HIV-1; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84894473841     PISSN: 15254135     EISSN: 10779450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAI.0000000000000051     Document Type: Article

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