| Title |
High HIV Prevalence among Men who have Sex with Men in a Time-Location Sampling Survey, São Paulo, Brazil
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|---|---|
| Published in |
AIDS and Behavior, November 2014
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| DOI | 10.1007/s10461-014-0944-3 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Maria Amelia de Sousa Mascena Veras, Gabriela Junqueira Calazans, Manoel Carlos Sampaio de Almeida Ribeiro, Carmem Aparecida de Freitas Oliveira, Marcia Regina Giovanetti, Regina Facchini, Isadora Lins França, Willi McFarland, The SampaCentro Study Group |
| Abstract |
We conducted a time-location sampling sero-behavioral surveillance survey of men who have sex with men (MSM) in São Paulo, Brazil, the largest city in Latin America and the Southern Hemisphere (N = 1,217 interviewed with serological results for 771). HIV prevalence was 15.4 % (95 % CI 11.6-20.1), with only 45.8 % previously aware of their infection. HIV prevalence achieved 6.4 % among youth 18-24 years and was higher among MSM with lower socio-economic status. In multivariate analysis, correlates of HIV were older age, gay identity, lower socio-economic status, social networks with HIV-positive MSM, receptive anal sex, and internet sex partners. Policy change towards increasing avenues for HIV testing coupled with antiretroviral treatment regardless of CD4 count or stage of disease stand to benefit the MSM community if scaled up fast enough. |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 87 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 16 | 18% |
| Researcher | 12 | 14% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 10 | 11% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 9 | 10% |
| Student > Bachelor | 7 | 8% |
| Other | 17 | 20% |
| Unknown | 16 | 18% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 21 | 24% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 13 | 15% |
| Psychology | 11 | 13% |
| Social Sciences | 8 | 9% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 5 | 6% |
| Other | 7 | 8% |
| Unknown | 22 | 25% |
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