HIV prevalence and undiagnosed infection among a community sample of gay and bisexual men in Scotland, 2005-2011: Implications for HIV testing policy and prevention

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Wallace, Lesley A ^a   Li, Jessica ^b   McDaid, Lisa M ^c  

^a HEALTH PROTECTION SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BISEXUAL MALE; BODY FLUID; COMMUNITY SAMPLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HIV TEST; HOMOSEXUAL MALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORAL FLUID; PREVALENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; UNITED KINGDOM; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; YOUNG ADULT; BISEXUALITY; DEMOGRAPHY; HIV INFECTIONS; MALE HOMOSEXUALITY; MASS SCREENING; PROCEDURES; RISK FACTOR; SCOTLAND; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BISEXUALITY; HEALTH POLICY; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SCOTLAND; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84898011349     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0090805     Document Type: Article

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