HIV/STD prevalence and test uptake among african in Guangzhou, China: an analysis of data from hospital-based surveillance

• Published in: BMC infectious diseases Vol. 23; no. 1; pp. 1 - 7
• Main Authors: Xiong, Mingzhou, Yang, Menglan, Zhao, Peizhen, Huang, Shujie, Wang, Cheng
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London BioMed Central Ltd 13.09.2023; BioMed Central; BMC
• Subjects: African migrant; Africans; Analysis; Antigens; Chronic illnesses; Condoms; Consent; COVID-19; Cross-sectional studies; Cross-sectional study; Disease transmission; Health aspects; Health behavior; Health promotion; Health services; Health services utilization; Hepatitis; Hepatitis B surface antigen; HIV; HIV (Viruses); HIV testing; Hospitals; Human immunodeficiency virus; Immune system; Infections; Infectious diseases; Laboratory tests; Marital status; Medical research; Morbidity; Population; Prevention; Questionnaires; Regression analysis; Sexual behavior; Sexually transmitted diseases; Social aspects; STD; Surveillance; Surveys; Syphilis; Urine; Young adults; China; United States > US; Guangzhou China

Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) cause substantial morbidity and mortality both in African and China. However, there is limited data available on the prevalence of HIV/STDs and the uptake of testing experience ever during in China among African migrants. A...