Female Condom Use and Its Acceptability Among HIV-serodiscordant Couples in China

Lahong Ju1, Cynthia X Shi, Fan Lv

  • 1Lahong Ju, MD, is an Associate Professor, National Center for AIDS/STD Control and Prevention and National Institute for Nutrition and Health, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China. Cynthia X. Shi, MSc, is a Doctoral Student, Department of Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases and Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS, Yale School of Public Health, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA. Fan Lv, PhD, is a Professor, National Center for AIDS/STD Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China. Houlin Tang, PhD, is an Associate Professor, National Center for AIDS/STD Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China. Gang Zeng, PhD, is an Associate Professor, National Center for AIDS/STD Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China. Peng Xu, PhD, is a Professor, National Center for AIDS/STD Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China. Wanying Chen, MD, is an Assistant Professor, National Center for AIDS/STD Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China. Huijing He, MD, is an Assistant Professor, National Center for AIDS/STD Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China. Liping Ma, MD, is an Assistant Professor, National Center for AIDS/STD Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China. Linglin Zhang, MD, is a Professor, Sichuan Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Sichuan, China. Xi Chen, MD, is a Professor, Hunan Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Hunan, China.

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