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Pattern of HIV testing and multiple sexual partnerships among men who have sex with men in China
BACKGROUND: Men who have sex with men (MSM) are a hidden but emerging population susceptible to HIV infection against a background of rapidly increasing HIV prevalence in China. Low HIV testing levels and multiple partnerships among MSM are two major contributing factors to HIV transmission. METHODS...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3840637/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24238403 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-13-549 |
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author | Chow, Eric P F Jing, Jun Feng, Yuji Min, Dai Zhang, Jun Wilson, David P Zhang, Xiaohu Zhang, Lei |
author_facet | Chow, Eric P F Jing, Jun Feng, Yuji Min, Dai Zhang, Jun Wilson, David P Zhang, Xiaohu Zhang, Lei |
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description | BACKGROUND: Men who have sex with men (MSM) are a hidden but emerging population susceptible to HIV infection against a background of rapidly increasing HIV prevalence in China. Low HIV testing levels and multiple partnerships among MSM are two major contributing factors to HIV transmission. METHODS: We conducted a cross-sectional survey among 447 Chinese MSM in Changsha and Tianjin cities from November to December 2011 using an anonymous questionnaire. We aim to investigate (1) the trend of HIV testing rates among Chinese MSM during 2009 to 2011; and (2) the patterns of multiple sexual relationships with male, female and commercial partners. RESULTS: The self-reported past-12-months HIV testing level among Chinese MSM increased from 16.6% in 2009 to 46.3% in 2010 and 58.6% in 2011 (χ(2) = 173.49, p < 0.001). Compared with men who have tested for HIV, the never-tested MSM were generally younger, never married, students, and more likely to have unprotected anal intercourse with non-commercial male partners. Furthermore, 21.3% (56/263) MSM reported having multiple regular male and female sexual partnerships and 6.2% (16/257) reported having commercial male partners in the past six months. However, individuals who were never-tested for HIV are consistently less likely to engage in multiple sexual relationships. CONCLUSIONS: HIV testing rates have increased substantially among Chinese MSM in the period 2009–2011, although significant barriers to testing remain. Multiple sexual partnerships, and especially bisexual behaviours, are common among Chinese MSM. |
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spelling | pubmed-38406372013-11-27 Pattern of HIV testing and multiple sexual partnerships among men who have sex with men in China Chow, Eric P F Jing, Jun Feng, Yuji Min, Dai Zhang, Jun Wilson, David P Zhang, Xiaohu Zhang, Lei BMC Infect Dis Research Article BACKGROUND: Men who have sex with men (MSM) are a hidden but emerging population susceptible to HIV infection against a background of rapidly increasing HIV prevalence in China. Low HIV testing levels and multiple partnerships among MSM are two major contributing factors to HIV transmission. METHODS: We conducted a cross-sectional survey among 447 Chinese MSM in Changsha and Tianjin cities from November to December 2011 using an anonymous questionnaire. We aim to investigate (1) the trend of HIV testing rates among Chinese MSM during 2009 to 2011; and (2) the patterns of multiple sexual relationships with male, female and commercial partners. RESULTS: The self-reported past-12-months HIV testing level among Chinese MSM increased from 16.6% in 2009 to 46.3% in 2010 and 58.6% in 2011 (χ(2) = 173.49, p < 0.001). Compared with men who have tested for HIV, the never-tested MSM were generally younger, never married, students, and more likely to have unprotected anal intercourse with non-commercial male partners. Furthermore, 21.3% (56/263) MSM reported having multiple regular male and female sexual partnerships and 6.2% (16/257) reported having commercial male partners in the past six months. However, individuals who were never-tested for HIV are consistently less likely to engage in multiple sexual relationships. CONCLUSIONS: HIV testing rates have increased substantially among Chinese MSM in the period 2009–2011, although significant barriers to testing remain. Multiple sexual partnerships, and especially bisexual behaviours, are common among Chinese MSM. BioMed Central 2013-11-16 /pmc/articles/PMC3840637/ /pubmed/24238403 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-13-549 Text en Copyright © 2013 Chow et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Chow, Eric P F Jing, Jun Feng, Yuji Min, Dai Zhang, Jun Wilson, David P Zhang, Xiaohu Zhang, Lei Pattern of HIV testing and multiple sexual partnerships among men who have sex with men in China |
title | Pattern of HIV testing and multiple sexual partnerships among men who have sex with men in China |
title_full | Pattern of HIV testing and multiple sexual partnerships among men who have sex with men in China |
title_fullStr | Pattern of HIV testing and multiple sexual partnerships among men who have sex with men in China |
title_full_unstemmed | Pattern of HIV testing and multiple sexual partnerships among men who have sex with men in China |
title_short | Pattern of HIV testing and multiple sexual partnerships among men who have sex with men in China |
title_sort | pattern of hiv testing and multiple sexual partnerships among men who have sex with men in china |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3840637/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24238403 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-13-549 |
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