Preventing HIV Transmission Among Partners of HIV-Positive Male Sex Workers in Mexico City: A Modeling Study

AIDS and Behavior

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 1579-1588

  Monteiro, João Filipe G ^a,b   Marshall, Brandon D L ^a   Escudero, Daniel ^a   Sosa Rubí, Sandra G ^c   González, Andrea ^d   Flanigan, Timothy ^b   Operario, Don ^a   Mayer, Kenneth H ^e   Lurie, Mark N ^a   Galárraga, Omar ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MIRIAM HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD PÚBLICA   (Mexico)

^d Mexico City   (Mexico)

^e HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Data imputation; Epidemiology; HIV prevention; Men who have sex with men; Monte Carlo simulation methods

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONDOM; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH SURVEY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUALITY; MEXICO; MONTE CARLO METHOD; RISK FACTOR; SAFE SEX; SEX WORKER; SEXUALITY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRANSMISSION; UTILIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONDOMS; EPIDEMICS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MEXICO; MONTE CARLO METHOD; RISK FACTORS; SAFE SEX; SEX WORKERS; SEXUAL PARTNERS;

EID: 84940594145     PISSN: 10907165     EISSN: 15733254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10461-014-0915-8     Document Type: Article

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