High HIV seroprevalence, rectal STIs and riskxy sexual behaviour in men who have sex with men in Dar es Salaam and Tanga, Tanzania

BMJ Open

Volumn 4, Issue 8, 2014, Pages

  Ross, Michael W ^a   Nyoni, Joyce ^b   Ahaneku, Hycienth O ^a   Mbwambo, Jessie ^c   McClelland, R Scott ^d   McCurdy, Sheryl A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAM   (Tanzania)

^c MUHIMBILI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (Tanzania)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAL INTERCOURSE; ARTICLE; BISEXUALITY; CHLAMYDIASIS; CITY; CONDOM; GONORRHEA; HEPATITIS B; HIV TEST; HOMOSEXUAL MALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN; MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN AND WOMEN; RECTUM DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYPHILIS; TANZANIA; TANZANIAN; VIRUS DETECTION; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; DEMOGRAPHY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HIV INFECTIONS; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE HOMOSEXUALITY; PREVALENCE; PROSTITUTION; RECTUM; SEXUALITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SOCIAL STIGMA; UNSAFE SEX; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; DISCLOSURE; GONORRHEA; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SEROPREVALENCE; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; PROSTITUTION; RECTUM; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SOCIAL STIGMA; SYPHILIS; TANZANIA; UNSAFE SEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84925490659     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2014-006175     Document Type: Article

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