High incidence of HIV and syphilis among migrant men who have sex with men in Beijing, China: A prospective cohort study

BMJ Open

Volumn 4, Issue 9, 2014, Pages

  Mao, Hengyi ^a   Ma, Wenzhe ^a   Lu, Hongyan ^b   Wang, Lu ^c   Zheng, Hui ^a   Zhu, Yingying ^a   Peng, Zhihang ^a   Yu, Rongbin ^a   Wang, Ning ^c  

^a NANJING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^c CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAL INTERCOURSE; ARTICLE; BISEXUALITY; CHINA; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONDOM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FOLLOW UP; GROUP SEX; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; INVESTIGATIVE PROCEDURES; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN; MIGRANT; MIXED INFECTION; ORAL SEX; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEROCONVERSION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SYPHILIS; ADOLESCENT; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; MALE HOMOSEXUALITY; MIGRATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHINA; COHORT STUDIES; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SYPHILIS; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84907199388     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2014-005351     Document Type: Article

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