Open AccessSetting Typologies and HIV Prevalence Among Men Who Have Sex With Men in China
Author(s) -
XiangSheng Chen,
Yue-Ping Yin,
Ning Jiang,
Baoxi Wang
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
sexually transmitted diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.507
H-Index - 105
eISSN - 1537-4521
pISSN - 0148-5717
DOI - 10.1097/olq.0b013e31823d2cd3
Subject(s) - medicine , men who have sex with men , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , china , demography , psychological intervention , population , cross sectional study , environmental health , gerontology , virology , syphilis , pathology , psychiatry , sociology , political science , law
An increasing trend of HIV prevalence has been observed among men who have sex with men (MSM) in China. However, the prevalence and its increase varied among MSM recruited from different settings, indicating the highest prevalence and its increase among those MSM from bathhouse or sauna. The findings have important implications for surveillance and interventions in this population.