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The changing face of HIV in China

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  • Lin Lu

    (Yunnan Center for Disease Control and Prevention)

  • Manhong Jia

    (Yunnan Center for Disease Control and Prevention)

  • Yanling Ma

    (Yunnan Center for Disease Control and Prevention)

  • Li Yang

    (Yunnan Center for Disease Control and Prevention)

  • Zhiwei Chen

    (AIDS Institute, The University of Hong Kong Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine)

  • David D. Ho

    (Aaron Diamond AIDS Research Center, The Rockefeller University
    Comprehensive AIDS Research Center, Tsinghua University)

  • Yan Jiang

    (National AIDS Reference Laboratory, National Center for AIDS/STD Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention)

  • Linqi Zhang

    (AIDS Research Center, State Key Laboratory for Molecular Virology and Genetic Engineering, Institute of Pathogen Biology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College)

Abstract

HIV has advanced from high-risk groups such as intravenous drug users to some in the general population, according to comprehensive new data from the south of China. What needs to be done to halt its spread?

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  • Lin Lu & Manhong Jia & Yanling Ma & Li Yang & Zhiwei Chen & David D. Ho & Yan Jiang & Linqi Zhang, 2008. "The changing face of HIV in China," Nature, Nature, vol. 455(7213), pages 609-611, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:455:y:2008:i:7213:d:10.1038_455609a
    DOI: 10.1038/455609a
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    1. Tan, Judy Y. & Huedo-Medina, Tania B. & Warren, Michelle R. & Carey, Michael P. & Johnson, Blair T., 2012. "A meta-analysis of the efficacy of HIV/AIDS prevention interventions in Asia, 1995–2009," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 75(4), pages 676-687.
    2. Tucker, Joseph & Ren, Xin & Sapio, Flora, 2010. "Incarcerated sex workers and HIV prevention in China: Social suffering and social justice countermeasures," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 70(1), pages 121-129, January.
    3. M. Merli & James Moody & Joshua Mendelsohn & Robin Gauthier, 2015. "Sexual Mixing in Shanghai: Are Heterosexual Contact Patterns Compatible With an HIV/AIDS Epidemic?," Demography, Springer;Population Association of America (PAA), vol. 52(3), pages 919-942, June.
    4. Jun-Qing Wu & Ke-Wei Wang & Rui Zhao & Yu-Yan Li & Ying Zhou & Yi-Ran Li & Hong-Lei Ji & Ming Ji, 2014. "Male Rural-to-Urban Migrants and Risky Sexual Behavior: A Cross-Sectional Study in Shanghai, China," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 11(3), pages 1-19, March.
    5. Xianlei Dong & Mengge Sun & Jingguo Wang & Zhihan Yang & Beibei Hu, 2019. "Understanding the Hierarchical Relationships in Female Sex Workers’ Social Networks Based on Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 16(20), pages 1-22, October.
    6. M. Giovanna Merli & Sara Hertog, 2010. "Masculine sex ratios, population age structure and the potential spread of HIV in China," Demographic Research, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, Germany, vol. 22(3), pages 63-94.

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