Sexual behavior and network characteristics and their association with bacterial sexually transmitted infections among Black men who have sex with men in the United States

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 12, 2015, Pages

  Scott, Hyman M ^a   Irvin, Risha ^b   Wilton, Leo ^c,d   Van Tieu, Hong ^e,f   Watson, Chauncey ^g   Magnus, Manya ^g   Chen, Iris ^h   Gaydos, Charlotte ^b   Hussen, Sophia A ⁱ   Mannheimer, Sharon ^f,j   Mayer, Kenneth ^k   Hessol, Nancy A ^l   Buchbinder, Susan ^a  

^a SAN FRANCISCO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

^e NEW YORK BLOOD CENTER   (United States)

^f Medical Center ^*  (United States)

^g GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j Department of Medicine   (United States)

^k FENWAY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITRATE;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTRACEPTIVE BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; GONORRHEA; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN; PREVALENCE; RACISM; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL NETWORK; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL NETWORK; STIGMA; SUBSTANCE USE; SYPHILIS; UNITED STATES; ADOLESCENT; BLACK PERSON; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HIV INFECTIONS; MALE HOMOSEXUALITY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES, BACTERIAL; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; COHORT STUDIES; GONORRHEA; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES, BACTERIAL; SYPHILIS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84956944564     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0146025     Document Type: Article

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