Incidence and correlates of HIV and syphilis in a prospective cohort of men who have sex with men in Mianyang, China, over a 36-month period

Sexual Health

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 546-555

  Wang, Yi ^a   Huang, Yuling ^b   Chen, Huailiang ^c   Li, Liulin ^a   Xu, Jie ^d   Li, Zhijun ^e   Zhang, Guanggui ^f   Fan, Jing ^g   Zhao, Xihe ^a   Jia, Shuguang ^a  

^a Mianyang Center for Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

^b Municipal Center for Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

^c People's Hospital of Chengdu Tianfu New Area   (China)

^d CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^e CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^f Mianyang Bureau of Public Health   (China)

^g Mianyang MSM Care Group   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BISEXUALITY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONDOM USE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FOLLOW UP; GENDER IDENTITY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEROCONVERSION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUALITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYPHILIS;

EID: 84948153433     PISSN: 14485028     EISSN: 14498987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/SH14243     Document Type: Article

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