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Network analysis among HIV-infected young black men who have sex with men demonstrates high connectedness around few venuesAlexandra M Oster
Epidemic Intelligence Service and Division of HIV AIDS Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
Sex Transm Dis 40:206-12. 2013..We conducted egocentric and affiliation network analysis among HIV-infected young black men who have sex with men (MSM) in the Jackson, Mississippi, area to understand networks and connectedness of this population...- Prevalence of cervical cancer screening of HIV-infected women in the United StatesAlexandra M Oster
Epidemic Intelligence Service, Office of Workforce and Career Development, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 51:430-6. 2009..HIV treatment guidelines recommend annual Papanicolaou (Pap) tests for HIV-infected women. We assessed screening prevalence and associated factors among HIV-infected women... 
HIV risk among young African American men who have sex with men: a case-control study in MississippiAlexandra M Oster
Epidemic Intelligence Service and the Division of HIV AIDS Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
Am J Public Health 101:137-43. 2011..We conducted a case-control study in the Jackson, Mississippi, area to identify factors associated with HIV infection among young African American men who have sex with men (MSM)...- Understanding disparities in HIV infection between black and white MSM in the United StatesAlexandra M Oster
Division of HIV AIDS Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, USA
AIDS 25:1103-12. 2011..We evaluated several hypotheses for disparities in HIV infection between black and white MSM in the United States, including incarceration, partner HIV status, circumcision, sexual networks, and duration of infectiousness... - Demographic but not geographic insularity in HIV transmission among young black MSMAlexandra M Oster
Epidemic Intelligence Service, Scientific Education and Professional Development Program Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
AIDS 25:2157-65. 2011..To understand patterns of HIV transmission among young black MSM and others in Mississippi... - Missed opportunities for HIV testing in health care settings among young African American men who have sex with men: implications for the HIV epidemicChristina G Dorell
Epidemic Intelligence Service, Office of Workforce and Career Development, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
AIDS Patient Care STDS 25:657-64. 2011.... - Incorporating rapid HIV testing into partner counseling and referral servicesElin B Begley
Division of HIV AIDS Prevention, National Center for HIV AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Rd NE, MS E 59, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
Public Health Rep 123:126-35. 2008..We incorporated rapid HIV testing into PCRS to reduce barriers associated with conventional HIV testing and identify undiagnosed HIV infection within this high-risk population... - Comparison of demographic and behavioral characteristics of men who have sex with men by enrollment venue type in the National HIV Behavioral Surveillance SystemAndrew C Voetsch
Division of HIV AIDS Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
Sex Transm Dis 39:229-35. 2012..Our goal was to examine whether limiting NHBS enrollment venues to gay bars and dance clubs could increase efficiency without changing the overall results and conclusions... - Role flexing: how community, religion, and family shape the experiences of young black men who have sex with menAlexandra B Balaji
Division of HIV AIDS Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
AIDS Patient Care STDS 26:730-7. 2012..Attention should also be paid to the role masculinity may play as a driver of the HIV epidemic among young black MSM and how this knowledge can be used to inform prevention efforts... 
HIV risk, prevention, and testing behaviors among men who have sex with men--National HIV Behavioral Surveillance System, 21 U.S. cities, United States, 2008Teresa J Finlayson
Division of HIV AIDS Prevention, National Center for HIV AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, CDC, 1600 Clifton Rd, NE, M S E 46, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
MMWR Surveill Summ 60:1-34. 2011..Approximately 1.1 million persons in the United States are living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. More than half of those infected are men who have sex with men (MSM)...- Rapid HIV testing in transgender communities by community-based organizations in three citiesJeffrey D Schulden
Division of HIV AIDS Prevention, National Center for HIV AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
Public Health Rep 123:101-14. 2008.... - High HIV incidence and prevalence and associated factors among young MSM, 2008Alexandra B Balaji
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
AIDS 27:269-78. 2013..To estimate HIV prevalence, annual HIV incidence density, and factors associated with HIV infection among young MSM in the United States... - Piloting a System for Behavioral Surveillance Among Heterosexuals at Increased Risk of HIV in the United StatesElizabeth A Dinenno
Behavioral and Clinical Surveillance Branch, Division of HIV AIDS Prevention, National Center for HIV, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, USA
Open AIDS J 6:169-76. 2012..To identify a target population for conducting NHBS among heterosexuals at increased risk for HIV (NHBS-HET), CDC designed, implemented and evaluated a pilot study...