Mycoplasma genitalium Nongonococcal Urethritis Is Likely to Increase in Men Who Have Sex With Men Who Practice Unsafe Sex: What Should We Do?
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Men who have sex with men.
HIV impacts men, women and children of all races, genders, ethnicities and sexual identities; however, a disproportionate number of men who have sex with men (MSM) continue to be heavily impacted in the United States. According to the CDC, MSM accounted for 71% of all HIV infections among males in 2005, even though only five to seven percent of adult males identify themselves as MSM (CDC, 2007)...
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عنوان ژورنال: Sexually Transmitted Diseases
سال: 2019
ISSN: 1537-4521,0148-5717
DOI: 10.1097/olq.0000000000001030