Serosorting and Sexual Risk for HIV Infection at the Ego-Alter Dyadic Level: An Egocentric Sexual Network Study Among MSM in Nigeria

AIDS and Behavior

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 2016, Pages 2762-2771

  Rodriguez Hart, Cristina ^a,b   Liu, Hongjie ^c   Nowak, Rebecca G ^a   Orazulike, Ifeanyi ^d   Zorowitz, Sam ^e   Crowell, Trevor A ^f,g   Baral, Stefan D ^b   Blattner, William ^a   Charurat, Man ^a  

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

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

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

^e MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f WALTER REED ARMY INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^g HENRY M JACKSON FOUNDATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF MILITARY MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

egocentric network; HIV serosorting; men who have sex with men; Nigeria; sexual behavior

Indexed keywords

ADULT; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HIV SEROSORTING; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUALITY; NIGERIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK REDUCTION; SEXUALITY; TRANSMISSION; UNSAFE SEX; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SEROSORTING; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; NIGERIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; UNSAFE SEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84959091833     PISSN: 10907165     EISSN: 15733254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10461-016-1311-3     Document Type: Article

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