Uptake of treatment as prevention for HIV and continuum of care among HIV-positive men who have sex with men in Nigeria

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes

Volumn 68, Issue , 2015, Pages S114-S123

  Charurat, Man E ^a   Emmanuel, Benjamin ^a   Akolo, Christopher ^a,b   Keshinro, Babajide ^c   Nowak, Rebecca G ^a   Kennedy, Sara ^a   Orazulike, Ifeanyi ^d   Ake, Julie ^c   Njoku, Ogbonnaya ^c   Baral, Stefan ^e   Blattner, William ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF HUMAN VIROLOGY NIGERIA   (Nigeria)

^c US Military HIV Research Program   (United States)

^d International Centre for Advocacy for the Right to Health   (Nigeria)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

HIV; MSM; Nigeria; Treatment as prevention

Indexed keywords

EFAVIRENZ; EMTRICITABINE; LAMIVUDINE; TENOFOVIR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANAL INTERCOURSE; ANTIVIRAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; FOLLOW UP; HIV TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION PREVENTION; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICATION COMPLIANCE; MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN; NIGERIA; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAME-SEX MARRIAGE; SEXUAL HEALTH; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; VIRUS LOAD; YOUNG ADULT; HIV INFECTIONS; MALE HOMOSEXUALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NIGERIA; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84924508345     PISSN: 15254135     EISSN: 10779450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAI.0000000000000439     Document Type: Article

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