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HIV and Syphilis Prevalence and Associated Factors Among Young Men Who Have Sex with Men in 4 Cities in China

AIDS and Behavior volume 17, pages 1151–1158 (2013)Cite this article

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To know the status of HIV and syphilis infection, and the correlates for HIV and syphilis prevalence among YMSM in China. 150 YMSM were recruited in Beijing, Harbin, Zhengzhou and Chengdu respectively and investigated with questionnaire, HIV and syphilis testing. The prevalence of HIV infection, syphilis infection and concurrent infection of HIV and syphilis was 6.7, 8.3, 1.5% respectively. HIV infection was associated with numerous factors including education level of high school, not being student, etc. Syphilis infection was associated with not being student and having had vaginal intercourse. The prevalence of HIV and Syphilis are high among YMSM in cities in China. Preventive interventions should be developed for controlling HIV spreading among YMSM urgently.

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Acknowledgments

This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China, grant No. 30771850. We would like to thank Jie Xu and Zhi Dou from National Center for AIDS/STD Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention for their aid in selecting the research sites. We also would like to thank Xiaoyan Ma from Beijing CDC and Delin Han from Chengdu CDC and Lili Wang from Harbin CDC and Zheng Liu from Zhengzhou CDC for collaborating in the data collection and HIV testing during our research.

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    Suo Wei, Hongbo Zhang, Jun Wang, Dandan Song, Yuwen Duan, Fang Yu, Min She, Min Wang & Huan Zhang

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Wei, S., Zhang, H., Wang, J. et al. HIV and Syphilis Prevalence and Associated Factors Among Young Men Who Have Sex with Men in 4 Cities in China. AIDS Behav 17, 1151–1158 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10461-011-0110-0

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Keywords

  • China
  • YMSM
  • HIV
  • Syphilis
  • Associated factors