HIV-Positive Men Are More Likely to Be Hyper Linked Within College Student Social Network — Northeast China, 2017–2018

WHAT IS ALREADY KNOWN ABOUT THIS TOPIC? Men who have sex with men (MSM) bear a disproportionate burden of new human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infections and young MSM demonstrate parallel internet-driven HIV incident infection and dynamic social network. WHAT IS ADDED BY THIS REPORT? The HIV posi...

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Autores principales: Li, Menglong, Wu, Huichao, Yan, Hongmei, Zunong, Jiawulan, Hui, Hongtao, Li, Hailong, Yang, Zhenhua, Vermund, Sten H., Hu, Yifei
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Editorial Office of CCDCW, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention 2022
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Preplanned Studies
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9713575/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36483793
http://dx.doi.org/10.46234/ccdcw2022.195
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Sumario:WHAT IS ALREADY KNOWN ABOUT THIS TOPIC? Men who have sex with men (MSM) bear a disproportionate burden of new human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infections and young MSM demonstrate parallel internet-driven HIV incident infection and dynamic social network. WHAT IS ADDED BY THIS REPORT? The HIV positive prevalence and incidence among college MSM were 3.8% and 2.9 per 100 person-years, respectively, while these rates were 13.9% and 10.5 per 100 person-years, respectively, among their social contacts. The overall HIV positive prevalence was 7.2% in Northeast China. HIV-positive MSM have comparatively more social contacts than HIV-seronegative MSM. WHAT ARE THE IMPLICATIONS FOR PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE? Hyper-linkages found in app-based social networks play an important role in HIV transmission via risky sexual behavior and suggest options for online intervention to promote HIV prevention.

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