In the past 37 years, human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
(HIV/AIDS) has undergone various major transmission routes in China, with the world most …

Thirty years after HIV first appeared it has killed close to 30 million people but transmission
continues unchecked. In 2009, an estimated 1.8 million lives were lost and 2.6 million more …

Summary Background Sexually transmitted infections (STIs), including HIV, are major sexual
health issues among adolescents and young adults globally, but data on the burden and …

In this work, we estimate the proportions of transmissions occurring in main vs. casual
partnerships, and by the sexual role, infection stage, and testing and treatment history of the …

Background Frequent testing of individuals at high risk of HIV is central to current prevention
strategies. We aimed to determine if HIV self-testing would increase frequency of testing in …

Background: Stigma may mediate some of the observed disparity in HIV infection rates
between black and white men who have sex with men (MSM). Methods: We used data from …

Objectives To evaluate the impact of a short message service (SMS) reminder system on
HIV/sexually transmitted infection (STI) re-testing rates among men who have sex with men …

Background Mean duration of recent infection (MDRI) and misclassification of long-term HIV-
1 infections, as proportion false recent (PFR), are critical parameters for laboratory-based …

Thirty-one gay and bisexual men were interviewed on the acceptability, potential use,
benefits and limitations of rapid self-testing for HIV in Australia. The majority of men …

HIV-related stigma is a pervasive structural driver of HIV. With an HIV epidemic among
young men who have sex with men (MSM) and transgender women (TG) in Thailand …