Increasing prevalence of HIV and syphilis but decreasing rate of self-reported unprotected anal intercourse among men who had sex with men in Harbin, China: results of five consecutive surveys from 2006 to 2010
Author(s) -
Kun Wang,
Huan Yan,
Yan Liu,
Zhijun Leng,
Bo Wang,
Jinkou Zhao
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
international journal of epidemiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.406
H-Index - 208
eISSN - 1464-3685
pISSN - 0300-5771
DOI - 10.1093/ije/dyr182
Subject(s) - syphilis , medicine , men who have sex with men , demography , cross sectional study , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , anal intercourse , multivariate analysis , environmental health , immunology , pathology , sociology
To monitor the prevalence of HIV and syphilis as well as behaviours, a sentinel site for men who have sex with men was established in Harbin in 2002. With additional funding, the sentinel surveillance evolved into annual cross-sectional surveys since 2006.
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