Concomitant socioeconomic, behavioral, and biological factors associated with the disproportionate HIV infection burden among Black men who have sex with men in 6 U.S. cities

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Mayer, Kenneth H ^a   Wang, Lei ^b   Koblin, Beryl ^c   Mannheimer, Sharon ^d   Magnus, Manya ^e   Del Rio, Carlos ^f,g   Buchbinder, Susan ^g   Wilton, Leo ^h   Cummings, Vanessa ⁱ   Watson, Christopher C ^e   Piwowar Manning, Estelle ⁱ   Gaydos, Charlotte ⁱ   Eshleman, Susan H ⁱ   Clarke, William ⁱ   Liu, Ting Yuan ^b   Mao, Cherry ^b   Griffith, Samuel ^j   Wheeler, Darrell ^k  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^c NEW YORK BLOOD CENTER   (United States)

^d Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^e GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f EMORY CENTER FOR AIDS RESEARCH   (United States)

^g San Francisco Department of Health   (United States)

^h BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^j FAMILY HEALTH INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^k LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ANAL INTERCOURSE; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GONORRHEA; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOMOPHOBIA; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION PREVENTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN; PATHOGEN LOAD; PREVALENCE; SAFE SEX; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL STATUS; SYPHILIS; TRANSGENDERISM; UNEMPLOYMENT; UNITED STATES; UNPROTECTED SEX; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CITIES; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CLASS; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84898028870     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0087298     Document Type: Article

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