Modeling the Intervention of HIV Transmission across Intertwined Key Populations

Scientific Reports

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2018, Pages

  Zhong, Lu ^a   Zhang, Qingpeng ^a,b   Li, Xiaoming ^c  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b Shenzhen Research Institute of City University of Hong Kong ^*  (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; EARLY INTERVENTION; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL MODEL; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUALITY; MIDDLE AGED; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; SEX WORKER; SOCIAL NETWORK; STATISTICAL MODEL; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TRANSMISSION; UNSAFE SEX;

ADULT; EARLY MEDICAL INTERVENTION; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, EDUCATIONAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; RISK-TAKING; SEX WORKERS; SOCIAL NETWORKING; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; UNSAFE SEX;

EID: 85041692412     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-20864-6     Document Type: Article

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