Prevalence of HIV Infection and Predictors of High-Transmission Sexual Risk Behaviors Among Men Who Have Sex With Men

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ID11036406
AuthorsSandra Schwarcz (0000-0001-7611-4387, Sandra Schwarcz, Susan Scheer, Willi McFarland, Mitchell Katz, and Sanny Chen are with the San Francisco Department of Public Health, Calif. Linda Valleroy is with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Ga. At the time of the study, Joseph Catania was with the University of California, San Francisco.), Susan Scheer (0000-0003-1060-3027, Sandra Schwarcz, Susan Scheer, Willi McFarland, Mitchell Katz, and Sanny Chen are with the San Francisco Department of Public Health, Calif. Linda Valleroy is with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Ga. At the time of the study, Joseph Catania was with the University of California, San Francisco.), Willi Mcfarland (0000-0002-4148-5660, Sandra Schwarcz, Susan Scheer, Willi McFarland, Mitchell Katz, and Sanny Chen are with the San Francisco Department of Public Health, Calif. Linda Valleroy is with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Ga. At the time of the study, Joseph Catania was with the University of California, San Francisco.), Mitchell H Katz (The Centers), Mitchell Katz (Sandra Schwarcz, Susan Scheer, Willi McFarland, Mitchell Katz, and Sanny Chen are with the San Francisco Department of Public Health, Calif. Linda Valleroy is with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Ga. At the time of the study, Joseph Catania was with the University of California, San Francisco.), Linda A Valleroy (The Centers), Linda Valleroy (Sandra Schwarcz, Susan Scheer, Willi McFarland, Mitchell Katz, and Sanny Chen are with the San Francisco Department of Public Health, Calif. Linda Valleroy is with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Ga. At the time of the study, Joseph Catania was with the University of California, San Francisco.), Sanny Chen (Sandra Schwarcz, Susan Scheer, Willi McFarland, Mitchell Katz, and Sanny Chen are with the San Francisco Department of Public Health, Calif. Linda Valleroy is with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Ga. At the time of the study, Joseph Catania was with the University of California, San Francisco.), Joseph A Catania (0000-0003-0527-9867, The Centers), Joseph Catania (Sandra Schwarcz, Susan Scheer, Willi McFarland, Mitchell Katz, and Sanny Chen are with the San Francisco Department of Public Health, Calif. Linda Valleroy is with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Ga. At the time of the study, Joseph Catania was with the University of California, San Francisco.)
Year2007
Volume97
Issue6
Pages1067-1075
Publication date2007-06-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048
PublisherAmerican Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2105/ajph.2005.072249
PMID17463384
PMCIDPMC1874212
OpenAlexW2075733605
LanguageEN
Citations received36
References cited30

Objectives. We sought to determine the prevalence of HIV and novel cofactors of high-transmission-risk behavior in a probability sample of men who have sex with men (MSM). Methods. We performed a cross-sectional telephone survey of 1976 adult MSM in San Francisco. Results. We found an HIV prevalence of 25.2%. Predictors of unprotected insertive anal intercourse with a serodiscordant (not having the same HIV/AIDS serostatus) partner among HIV-infected men included use of Viagra and a greater number of partners in the past 12 months. Unprotected receptive anal intercourse with a serodiscordant partner among men not known to be HIV infected was independently associated with having lived in San Francisco for less than 1 year, use of crystal methamphetamine and amyl nitrites, a greater number of partners, and agreement with the statement, “You are less careful about being safe with sex or drugs than you were several years ago because there are better treatments for HIV now.” Conclusions. Strategies to prevent HIV for urban MSM should focus on new predictors of HIV transmission

Anal intercourse · Anal sex · Antiretroviral therapy · Family medicine · Homosexuality · Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) · Men who have sex with men · Serodiscordant · Serostatus · Syphilis · Transmission (telecommunications) · Viral load · Demography · HIV Research and Treatment · HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk · HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions · Medicine · Psychology

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