Recreational drug use and risks of HIV and sexually transmitted infections among Chinese men who have sex with men: Mediation through multiple sexual partnerships

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Xu, Jun Jie ^a,b   Zhang, Chen ^c   Hu, Qing Hai ^a,b   Chu, Zhen Xing ^a,b   Zhang, Jing ^a,b   Li, Yong Ze ^a,b   Lu, Lin ^d   Wang, Zhe ^e   Fu, Ji Hua ^e   Chen, Xi ^e   Yan, Hong Jing ^e   Zhuang, Ming Hua ^e   Jiang, Yong Jun ^a,b   Geng, Wen Qing ^a,b   Vermund, Sten H ^c   Shang, Hong ^a,b   Qian, Han Zhu ^c  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d YUNNAN PROVINCIAL CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^e Henan Provincial CDC ^*  (China)

Author keywords

China; HIV; HSV 2; Men who have sex with men; Multiple sexual partners; Recreational drug use; Substance use; Syphilis; Unprotected sex

Indexed keywords

3,4 METHYLENEDIOXYMETHAMPHETAMINE; AMPHETAMINE; KETAMINE; METHAMPHETAMINE; RECREATIONAL DRUG; TRAMADOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINESE; CONCURRENT SEXUAL PARTNERSHIP; CONDOM USE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRUG ABUSE; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN; PREVALENCE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYPHILIS; UNPROTECTED SEX; CHINA; COMPLICATION; HERPES GENITALIS; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HIV INFECTIONS; MALE HOMOSEXUALITY; RISK FACTOR; SEXUALITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

ADULT; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HERPES GENITALIS; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; SYPHILIS;

EID: 84924330164     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12879-014-0642-9     Document Type: Article

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