Prevalence of HIV and syphilis infection among high school and college student MSM in China: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The aim of this study is to systematically review the published studies and summarize the estimates of HIV and syphilis prevalences among high school and college student MSM in China in order to provide information for conducting targeted interventions.

Methods

Pubmed, Chinese National Knowledge Infrastructure, Wanfang and Google Scholar databases were searched in January 2013 to identify relevant articles. Data of eligible citations were extracted by two reviewers. All analyses were performed using Comprehensive Meta-Analysis V2.0 and SPSS V17.0.

Results

Twenty-four eligible studies (6 in English and 18 in Chinese), published between 2006 and 2012, with a total of 3083 student MSM participants, were included. The meta-analyses showed that the prevalences o

SUBMITTER: Li Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3712943 | biostudies-literature | 2013

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature