Worsening epidemic of HIV and syphilis among men who have sex with men in Jiangsu Province, China

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 58, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 1753-1759

  Yang, Hai Tao ^a   Tang, Weiming ^b   Xiao, Zhan Pei ^c   Jiang, Ning ^d   Mahapatra, Tanmay ^b   Huan, Xi Ping ^a   Yin, Yue Ping ^d   Wang, Xiao Liang ^a   Chen, Xiang Sheng ^d   Fu, Geng Feng ^a  

^a JIANGSU PROVINCIAL CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Institute of Endemic Disease Control   (China)

^d National Center for STD Control   (China)

Author keywords

China; HIV; MSM; STDs

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAL INTERCOURSE; ARTICLE; CHINA; COHORT ANALYSIS; COITUS; CONDOM; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIED PERSON; MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SYPHILIS; BISEXUALITY; HIV INFECTIONS; INCIDENCE; MALE HOMOSEXUALITY; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNSAFE SEX; URBAN POPULATION; UTILIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; BISEXUALITY; CHINA; CONDOMS; EPIDEMICS; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SYPHILIS; UNSAFE SEX; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84901750237     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: 15376591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciu175     Document Type: Article

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