Disparities and risks of sexually transmissible infections among men who have sex with men in China: A meta-analysis and data synthesis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Chow, Eric P F ^a,b,c,d   Tucker, Joseph D ^e,f   Wong, Frank Y ^g   Nehl, Eric J ^g   Wang, Yanjie ^a   Zhuang, Xun ^h   Zhang, Lei ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d Tsinghua University   (China)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA PROJECT CHINA   (China)

^f LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^g EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h NANTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHINA; CHINESE; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONDYLOMA ACUMINATUM; DATA SYNTHESIS; GONORRHEA; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HERPES SIMPLEX; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; MALE; MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; PROSTITUTION; REGISTER; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UREAPLASMA INFECTION; COINFECTION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HIV INFECTIONS; MALE HOMOSEXUALITY; META ANALYSIS; MICROBIOLOGY; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VIROLOGY;

CHINA; COINFECTION; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX WORKERS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES;

EID: 84897811685     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0089959     Document Type: Article

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