HIV and syphilis prevalence among men who have sex with men: a cross-sectional survey of 61 cities in China
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...Our nationwide study spanned 31 provinces and 217 cities in China, identifying MSM with sociodemographic and risk behaviors similar to that of a nationwide survey of >40 000 MSM [17]....
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...Second, given the need to expand HIV testing among MSM in China [17], there would be ethical concerns associated with withholding an evidence-based intervention from untested MSM [18]....
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...A recent cross-sectional study of nearly 50,000 MSM across 61 Chinese cities found that 45 % of MSM use the internet to find sex partners [3]....
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...Large numbers of MSM in China routinely use the Internet [20], especially smart-phone based partner-seeking mobile applications [49]....
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...Since 2008, the China MOH carried out comprehensive AIDS responses with MSM populations in 61 cities across China, including expanding MSM surveillance, increasing HIV testing, case finding, and promoting linkage to care [20]....
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...In addition, municipalities and provincial capitals also have higher HIV prevalence, compared to other cities [20]....
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...Internet-based and social media interventions A few internet-based interventions have been conducted to improve accessibility to HIV services and care [55, 58, 59]....
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"HIV and syphilis prevalence among m..." refers background in this paper
...Because sexually transmitted infections such as syphilis are thought to increase the sexual transmission efficiency of the HIV virus [4], one could speculate that syphilis had an impact in facilitating the spread of HIV only after sexual transmission became more dominant, and that by that time, the HIV epidemic was already well established in southwestern China....
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...As HIV susceptibility and/or infectiousness is associated with the presence of other sexually transmitted infections such as syphilis [4], it is not surprising that syphilis is also a major public health issue among MSM in developing Asian nations—4....
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"HIV and syphilis prevalence among m..." refers background in this paper
...Although syphilis was nearly eradicated in China during the 1960s, it was still present in small pockets in remote areas of northern China [15], and began spreading rapidly beginning in 1993 [16]....
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