Acta Med. 2022, 65: 133-138

https://doi.org/10.14712/18059694.2023.3

Sexual Behavior of Men Who Have Sex with Men and Its Relationship to Sexually Transmitted Infections during an Outbreak of the Human Monkeypox Virus

Raúl Montalvo Otivoa, Sonia Crisostomob, Liz Zevallosb, Carina Ninahuancac, Miguel Montalvod

aUniversidad César Vallejo, Peru
bInfectious Diseases, Hospital Daniel Alcides Carrión, Huancayo, Peru
cUniversidad Nacional del Centro del Perú, Huancayo, Peru
dUniversidad Peruana Los Andes, Huancayo, Peru

Received October 4, 2022
Accepted January 9, 2023

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