Setting typologies and HIV prevalence among men who have sex with men in China: implication for surveillance and intervention

Xiang-Sheng Chen; Yue-Ping Yin; Ning Jiang; Baoxi Wang

doi:10.1097/OLQ.0b013e31823d2cd3

Setting typologies and HIV prevalence among men who have sex with men in China: implication for surveillance and intervention

Sex Transm Dis. 2012 Mar;39(3):226-8. doi: 10.1097/OLQ.0b013e31823d2cd3.

Authors

Xiang-Sheng Chen¹, Yue-Ping Yin, Ning Jiang, Baoxi Wang

Affiliation

¹ National Center for STD Control, Chinese Academy of Medical Science and Peking Union Medical College Institute of Dermatology, Nanjing, China. chenxs@ncstdlc.org

PMID: 22337111
DOI: 10.1097/OLQ.0b013e31823d2cd3

Abstract

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.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

China / epidemiology
HIV Infections / epidemiology*
HIV Infections / prevention & control
HIV Seropositivity / epidemiology
Homosexuality, Male*
Humans
Male
Prevalence
Sexual Behavior*
Syphilis / epidemiology