Risk factors for HIV and STI diagnosis in a community-based HIV/STI testing and counselling site for men having sex with men (MSM) in a large german city in 2011-2012

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Marcus, Ulrich ^a   Ort, Jasmin ^b   Grenz, Marc ^c   Eckstein, Kai ^c   Wirtz, Karin ^d   Wille, Andreas ^e  

^a ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^b Berlin School of Public Health   (Germany)

^c Prävention e V   (Germany)

^d CASA Blanca   (Germany)

^e Dr Brill Partner GmbH Institute for Hygiene and Microbiology   (Germany)

Author keywords

Community based voluntary counselling and testing; HIV infection; Men who have sex with men MSM; Sexually transmitted infections

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAL INTERCOURSE; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GERMANY; HIV TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN; MIDDLE AGED; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYPHILIS; THROAT CULTURE; UNPROTECTED SEX; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CITY; COMMUNITY CARE; COMPLICATION; COUNSELING; GONORRHEA; HIV INFECTIONS; MALE HOMOSEXUALITY; MASS SCREENING; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SEXUALITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CITIES; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; COUNSELING; GERMANY; GONORRHEA; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; SYPHILIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84923911819     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12879-014-0738-2     Document Type: Article

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