Editorial commentary: The next tsunami? HIV spread in asian men who have sex with men

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 58, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 1760-1762

  Mayer, Kenneth H ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Asia; China; HIV; men who have sex with men (MSM); sexually transmitted infections

Indexed keywords

RECREATIONAL DRUG;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ANAL INTERCOURSE; ASIAN; AWARENESS; CONDOM USE; DEPRESSION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HOMOPHOBIA; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN; NOTE; OFFENDER; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SELF CONCEPT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIAL REJECTION; STRESS; SUBSTANCE USE; SYPHILIS; URBAN AREA; HIV INFECTIONS; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUALITY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

EPIDEMICS; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; SYPHILIS;

EID: 84901794478     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: 15376591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciu176     Document Type: Note

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