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SUBMITTER: Liang J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4410921 | biostudies-literature | 2015
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Liang Jianguo J Liu Li L Cheung Mandy M Lee Man-Po MP Wang Haibo H Li Chun-Ho CH Chan Chun-Chung CC Nishiura Kenji K Tang Xian X Tan Zhiwu Z Peng Jie J Cheung Ka-Wai KW Yam Wing-Cheong WC Chen Zhiwei Z
PloS one 20150427 4
The increasing prevalence of HIV-1 among men having sex with men (MSM) calls for an investigation of HIV-1 prevalence and incidence in MSM by early diagnosis to assist with early preventive interventions in Hong Kong. The participants were recruited randomly from MSM communities within a one-year period. Rapid HIV Test (RHT) and real-time dried blood spot (DBS)-based quantitative polymerase chain reaction (DBS-qPCR) were used for the early diagnosis of 474 participants. Risk behavior analysis wa ...[more]