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ArticleWorld journal of virology2016

Spread of human immunodeficiency virus 1 among men who have sex with men is emerging as a genuine social concern and affecting the general populace - case reports from Eastern India.

Aroni Chatterjee, Agniswar Sarkar, Sabbir Ansari, Sattik Siddhanta, Siwalik Banerjee, Rathindranath Sarkar, Nilanjan Chakraborty

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Article in World journal of virology, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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7 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Aroni ChatterjeeAroni Chatterjee, Agniswar Sarkar, Sabbir Ansari, Nilanjan Chakraborty, ICMR Virus Unit, ID and BG Hospital Campus, GB4, Kolkata 700010, West Bengal, India.
Agniswar SarkarAroni Chatterjee, Agniswar Sarkar, Sabbir Ansari, Nilanjan Chakraborty, ICMR Virus Unit, ID and BG Hospital Campus, GB4, Kolkata 700010, West Bengal, India.
Sabbir AnsariAroni Chatterjee, Agniswar Sarkar, Sabbir Ansari, Nilanjan Chakraborty, ICMR Virus Unit, ID and BG Hospital Campus, GB4, Kolkata 700010, West Bengal, India.
Sattik SiddhantaAroni Chatterjee, Agniswar Sarkar, Sabbir Ansari, Nilanjan Chakraborty, ICMR Virus Unit, ID and BG Hospital Campus, GB4, Kolkata 700010, West Bengal, India.
Siwalik BanerjeeAroni Chatterjee, Agniswar Sarkar, Sabbir Ansari, Nilanjan Chakraborty, ICMR Virus Unit, ID and BG Hospital Campus, GB4, Kolkata 700010, West Bengal, India.
Rathindranath SarkarAroni Chatterjee, Agniswar Sarkar, Sabbir Ansari, Nilanjan Chakraborty, ICMR Virus Unit, ID and BG Hospital Campus, GB4, Kolkata 700010, West Bengal, India.
Nilanjan ChakrabortyAroni Chatterjee, Agniswar Sarkar, Sabbir Ansari, Nilanjan Chakraborty, ICMR Virus Unit, ID and BG Hospital Campus, GB4, Kolkata 700010, West Bengal, India.
Creative Research Enterprises (United States) · USVirus Unit · INMedical College and Hospital, Kolkata · IN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection among men who have sex with men (MSM) has increased to a drastic proportion throughout India in the last couple of years due to a lack of productive identification and management framework. In apprehension of social disgrace these men attempt to live a normal hetero conjugal life and, in the process, act as a bridge in spreading the virus to their women partners. In this case report we have highlighted two cases which clearly distinguished the adequacy of HIV treatment among MSM when they are diagnosed during early or late phases of infection. An intensive and ample counseling to comprehend the psychology and sexual behavior of these men was found to be critically important in both the cases. Our study, which is actually the first of its kind, recorded and documented evidence of HIV infected MSM from Eastern India and renders a ray of hope among this marginally isolated group to comprehend the challenges and health risks faced by the MSM population. It also provides a format for the medical practitioners here in managing and treating related cases.

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Human cytomegalovirusHuman immunodeficiency virusMen who have sex with menTuberculosis

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