• Bivariate and multivariate logistic regression was used to determine which of several independent variables best predicted both unprotected anal intercourse (UAI) with a non-steady partner and lack of HIV testing in the past year (high-risk outcome group). (biomedcentral.com)
  • HIV prevention measures targeted toward MSM often focus on individual-level risks, emphasizing factors such as condom use and overall number of partners, and painting unprotected anal intercourse (UAI) as an inherently risky behavior. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Gay men's current practice of HIV seroconcordant unprotected anal intercourse: serosorting or seroguessing? (google.lu)
  • An ecological approach assessed temporal trends in sexual risk behaviour, sexually transmitted infections (STI), HIV incidence and prevalence from multiple data sources between 1998 and 2007. (bmj.com)
  • Temporal trends in multiple biological and behavioural indicators over the past decade describe a hyperendemic state of HIV infection among MSM in San Francisco, whereby prevalence has stabilised at a very high level. (bmj.com)
  • 1 - 3 These phenomena were first noticed in cities of the industrialised world with large gay communities in North America, Europe and Australia, and later Asian cities with emerging economies, such as Bangkok and Beijing, also noticed increases in HIV prevalence. (bmj.com)
  • Guided by the National HIV/AIDS Strategy external icon for the United States, the CDC and its partners are pursuing a high-impact prevention approach to reducing new HIV infections by using combinations of scientifically proven, cost-effective, and scalable interventions directed to the most vulnerable populations in the geographic areas where HIV prevalence is highest. (cdc.gov)
  • This higher prevalence of HIV infection among MSM leads to a higher possibility of transmission, even with similar frequency of risk behaviors as other populations. (cdc.gov)
  • Higher prevalence of HIV, which has been associated with various types of AMR in some studies, could also cause elevated resistance rates in MSM groups ( 5 ). (cdc.gov)
  • however, little is known regarding the prevalence of HIV/STI co-infections among Black men in Toronto. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Chi-Square tests were used to compare the prevalence of (1) HIV and current STIs between MSM and MSW and (2) current STIs between people living with HIV and people not living with HIV. (biomedcentral.com)
  • the prevalence of syphilis and high-risk HPV were also increased in men living with HIV. (biomedcentral.com)
  • The HIV/STI prevalence was high among this sample of Black men, although the study design may have led to oversampling of men living with HIV. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Golden's population differs from AIM's in that anal sex made up a high proportion of the subjects' sexual habits, their testing intervals were typically longer and less regular, there were no tests for STIs other than HIV, such as chlamydia (an important factor considering other STIs may hasten the spread of the virus), and there were no protections against falsely reporting any of the results. (wikipedia.org)
  • The study population was HIV-negative or untested men reporting a steady partnership and at least one non-steady anal sex partner in the previous year. (biomedcentral.com)
  • However, many MSM in steady relationships have adopted a range of behavioral strategies such that UAI with a steady partner, even in the presence of anal sex with other, non-steady partners, carries little to no risk for HIV transmission. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Unprotected receptive anal sex is the sexual behavior that carries the highest risk for HIV acquisition 6 . (cdc.gov)
  • For sexually active MSM, the most effective ways to prevent HIV and many other sexually transmitted infections (STIs) such as syphilis, gonorrhea, and chlamydia, are to avoid unprotected anal sex and always use condoms 7 . (cdc.gov)
  • For HIV-negative men, this could include recent testing, consistent condom use, use of PrEP, use of post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP), strategic positioning (being top with an anal sex partner to reduce HIV risk), serosorting (condomless anal sex with a man believed to be HIV negative) and viral load sorting (condomless anal sex with an HIV-positive man with an undetectable viral load). (aidsmap.com)
  • For HIV-positive men, the prevention methods considered were consistent condom use, antiretroviral therapy with an undetectable viral load, strategic positioning (being bottom with a partner to reduce HIV risk), serosorting (condomless anal sex with another HIV-positive man) and PrEP-use sorting (condomless anal sex with an HIV-negative man using PrEP). (aidsmap.com)
  • In addition, testing negative for HIV does not guarantee that they are free of other sexually transmitted infections (STIs) such as HPV or hepatitis B.[citation needed] The largest experiment with serosorting has been conducted in the adult film industry by the Adult Industry Medical Healthcare Foundation. (wikipedia.org)
  • Over the past decade, a resurgence of sexual risk behaviour, sexually transmitted infections (STI) and/or incident HIV infections have been reported among men who have sex with men (MSM). (bmj.com)
  • Data from a hepatitis B vaccine trial and back calculation of early AIDS cases show that HIV transmission began and accelerated in the late 1970s, with a peak incidence of new infections already evident in the early 1980s. (bmj.com)
  • Published research does not provide definitive answers about why new HIV infections among young, black/African American gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men (MSM) have increased. (cdc.gov)
  • Sexual risk behaviors account for most HIV infections in MSM 5 . (cdc.gov)
  • Over half of new HIV infections in Montreal involve gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men. (aidsmap.com)
  • The annual number of new HIV diagnoses has not changed since 2010 (100,000 new infections), with 2.1 million people living with HIV in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) by the end of 2020 [ 1 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Over the past several decades, effective ways to prevent human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection and other sexually transmitted infections (STIs), as well as improved medical management for people living with HIV (PLHIV), have become widely available in high-income countries. (biomedcentral.com)
  • In each study, new HIV infections in the uninfected partners were assessed phylogenetically to determine whether they were genetically linked to their HIV-positive partner in the study. (cdc.gov)
  • Early HIV infections among men who have sex with men in five cities in the United States. (maryland.gov)
  • There is no data to suggest that many HIV infections occur in these contexts, absent condom failure -- rates of which are outrageously low (between 0.4% and 2.3%, depending on who you ask). (trevorhoppe.com)
  • Gay and other men who have sex with men in Montreal are using a wide range of HIV prevention strategies, Canadian investigators report in AIDS and Behavior . (aidsmap.com)
  • AIDS and behavior 13, no. 6 (2009): 1054-60. (yale.edu)
  • AIDS and behavior 17, no. 1 (2013): 1-4. (yale.edu)
  • In his study, 3.5% of the men who used neither condoms nor serosorting became HIV-positive, as compared to 2.6% of the men that practiced serosorting alone, and 1.5% of the men who reported consistent condom use without serosorting. (wikipedia.org)
  • For my friend, this wasn't the goal of his strategy -- condom use was still part of his risk reduction strategy with other HIV-negative men. (trevorhoppe.com)
  • What I'm going to be talking about here is men who report consistent condom use, but who continue to latch onto serosorting discourses that discourage serodiscordant sexual practices. (trevorhoppe.com)
  • The generic risk in this scenario for a receptive HIV-negative man is 1:122 -- that is, statistically speaking, there is a 1 in 122 risk of seroconversion after getting fucked once without a condom by an HIV-positive man (see here for a summary of this data). (trevorhoppe.com)
  • Overall, participants had concerns about consistent access to PrEP medication and the risk of antiretroviral resistance in case of acute HIV infection or seroconversion. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Stochastic models to demonstrate the effect of motivated testing on HIV incidence estimates using the serological testing algorithm for recent HIV seroconversion (STARHS). (yale.edu)
  • The term is used to describe the behavior of a person who chooses a sexual partner assumed to be of the same HIV serostatus in order to engage in unprotected sex with them for a reduced risk of acquiring or transmitting HIV/AIDS. (wikipedia.org)
  • There are many situations where determining their partner's serostatus outside of clinical settings cannot be done with complete certainty, limiting the efficacy in mitigating the transmission of HIV/AIDS (or other STIs). (wikipedia.org)
  • A recent negative result from an HIV test may not be definitive of a person's serostatus, because if they are still within the window period following a recent infection, the antibodies that the blood tests measure will not be present yet. (wikipedia.org)
  • Among HIV-negative MSM, UAI with unknown serostatus partners decreased but increased with potentially discordant serostatus partners. (bmj.com)
  • Whole genome sequencing of Neisseria gonorrhoeae reveals transmission clusters involving patients of mixed HIV serostatus. (ox.ac.uk)
  • Four transmission clusters containing 3-12 individuals were composed of MSM of mixed HIV serostatus.We show that data obtained from WGS of N. gonorrhoeae and enhanced epidemiological data obtained from patient questionnaires are mutually supportive and reveal insights into sexual networks. (ox.ac.uk)
  • Background: Disclosure of HIV serostatus is essential for the care and eradication of HIV infection. (bvsalud.org)
  • Objective: To identify limitations to the disclosure of serostatus in HIV-infected children, outcomes of disclosure as well as compare the outcomes of disclosure by either parents/caregiver only with the involvement of health care personnel. (bvsalud.org)
  • In Germany, as in many developed countries, men who have sex with men (MSM) bear a disproportionate share of the HIV epidemic, with around 75 % of new cases in 2013 estimated to be the result of sexual transmission between men [ 1 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
  • To evaluate trends in the HIV epidemic among men who have sex with men (MSM) in San Francisco and the implications for HIV prevention. (bmj.com)
  • 4 5 As in the beginning of the HIV epidemic, MSM continue to be disproportionately affected. (bmj.com)
  • 6 Since then, the HIV epidemic has been tracked through multiple studies, including cohorts pre-dating and overlapping the discovery of AIDS, HIV and AIDS case reporting, STI surveillance, cross-sectional behavioural and seroprevalence surveys and community-based programmatic data. (bmj.com)
  • In order to end the HIV epidemic by 2030, combination HIV prevention including pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) should be widely available, especially for the most vulnerable populations. (biomedcentral.com)
  • A nice short radio item about the changes to Indian marriage culture brought by the HIV/AIDS epidemic is available here . (blogspot.com)
  • Combined prevention for persons who inject drugs in the HIV epidemic in a transitional country: the case of Tallinn, Estonia. (yale.edu)
  • Participants were less likely to belong to the outcome group if they were out to their primary doctor (OR = 0.54), were well-educated about post-exposure prophylaxis (OR = 0.46), had sought information on HIV in the past year and kept condoms in an accessible place (OR = 0.20), or believed that insisting on condoms would lead partners to assume they were HIV-negative (OR = 0.20). (biomedcentral.com)
  • Participants in the outcome group were more likely to say they would use HIV home tests (OR = 1.58) or pre-exposure prophylaxis (OR = 2.11). (biomedcentral.com)
  • Condoms were the main prevention method employed by HIV-negative men and the use of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) was low. (aidsmap.com)
  • Both countries provide combination HIV prevention at no cost through the public health system, including condoms, post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP), test and treat, and antiretroviral (ARV) treatment for all people newly diagnosed with HIV [ 9 , 10 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
  • The World Health Organization strongly recommends the incorporation of daily oral PrEP with tenofovir disoproxil fumarate 300 mg and emtricitabine 200 mg (TDF/FTC) into combination HIV prevention package since 2016 [ 6 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Serodiscordant sex refers to sex between an HIV-positive person and an HIV-negative person. (wikipedia.org)
  • Serosorting, also known as serodiscrimination, is the practice of using HIV status as a decision-making point in choosing sexual behavior. (wikipedia.org)
  • Although the practice has occurred informally since the AIDS pandemic began, serosorting has become more prevalent with online social networking sites now facilitating interactions, and even some health professionals citing harm reduction concepts for gay men as a measure to reduce the risk of acquiring HIV infection. (wikipedia.org)
  • Before we get into a discussion of the ethics of "serosorting" -- the practice of choosing to engage in sex with only sero-concordant men -- I think we should bracket my friend's comments as existing only at the very periphery of this term's broad meaning. (trevorhoppe.com)
  • Our findings suggest that serosorting may have declined as a practice and indicate the importance of designing public health interventions that target infection risks associated with recreational drug use and contact made using geosocial networking applications. (ox.ac.uk)
  • The pivotal year of 1995 saw the advent of highly active antiretroviral therapy (ART), which greatly improved survival with AIDS and brought hope that HIV transmission would be reduced by therapeutic viral suppression. (bmj.com)
  • In HIV, optimal viral suppression is measured as the reduction of viral load (HIV RNA) to undetectable levels and is the goal of antiretroviral therapy. (aidsmap.com)
  • Effectiveness is lower, and there is a risk of transmitting HIV, when persons do not take ART as prescribed or stop taking ART, if viral suppression is not achieved, or if viral suppression is not maintained. (cdc.gov)
  • Among MSM seeking HIV testing, increases were noted in insertive UAI at anonymous testing sites and at the STI clinic, in receptive UAI at anonymous test sites and in receptive UAI with a known HIV-positive partner at the STI clinic. (bmj.com)
  • Thus, to help illustrate this, let's attempt to assess the risk of transmission between a known HIV-positive partner and an HIV-negative partner when condoms are used. (trevorhoppe.com)
  • Typically, partners practicing serosorting make an attempt to find someone with a matching HIV test result, otherwise known as a seroconcordant partner. (wikipedia.org)
  • No consistent upward or downward temporal trends were found in HIV incidence, newly reported HIV cases, AIDS deaths, proportion of AIDS cases using antiretroviral therapy, rectal gonorrhoea or primary and secondary syphilis cases among MSM during the study period. (bmj.com)
  • A sample of 164 caregivers of HIV positive children aged 5 to 16 years receiving antiretroviral therapy for at least one year were enrolled. (bvsalud.org)
  • Cell Phone Internet Access, Online Sexual Solicitation, Partner Seeking, and Sexual Risk Behavior Among Adolescents. (sentientresearch.net)
  • Knowledge of HIV status is based on the result of a person's HIV test, with a positive result indicating that a person has HIV, and can potentially transmit the disease to others during any sexual contact involving an exchange of bodily fluids (e.g., unprotected anal or vaginal sex). (wikipedia.org)
  • Research has consistently shown that, all else equal, having multiple sexual partners increases an individual's risk of acquiring HIV. (biomedcentral.com)
  • 7 By the mid to late 1980s, rapid declines in sexual risk behaviour, STI and HIV incidence among MSM were noted. (bmj.com)
  • Thus, sexual relationships with older men may increase risk of exposure to HIV. (cdc.gov)
  • Choosing sexual partners of the same HIV status, or restricting condomless sex to partners of the same HIV status. (aidsmap.com)
  • Black men who have sex with men, sexual risk-taking, and willingness to use rapid home HIV tests. (yale.edu)
  • Aggregate versus individual-level sexual behavior assessment: how much detail is needed to accurately estimate HIV/STI risk? (yale.edu)
  • New Jersey's HIV exposure law and the HIV-related attitudes, beliefs, and sexual and seropositive status disclosure behaviors of persons living with HIV. (yale.edu)
  • Additionally, 36.1% of MSM who never tested for HIV reported high-risk sexual behaviour that may have put them at HIV risk. (emis-project.eu)
  • Four key studies provide evidence for the effectiveness of ART, when used optimally , on preventing the sexual transmission of HIV. (cdc.gov)
  • 9. On the continuum of risk, which sexual activity is considered the highest risk for contracting HIV? (learnsfdph.org)
  • and enforces a high frequency of testing for a variety of STIs that can make the transmission of HIV more likely. (wikipedia.org)
  • We sought to determine factors associated with HIV transmission risks in steady partnerships. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Based on our results, we reflect on HIV prevention measures that should be improved in order to better target behaviors that may lead to HIV transmission between MSM in steady relationships. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Its purpose is to provide locally and nationally representative estimates of factors affecting HIV transmission risk and clinical outcomes. (cdc.gov)
  • Strategies for Preventing HIV Transmission. (yale.edu)
  • Farber's main accusations are (a) that one of the study drugs (nevirapine) of an DAIDS/NIH clinical trial on the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV caused the death of Joyce Ann Hafford by liver toxicity, although the true cause of death was obscured and never told to her family and (b) the dangers of liver toxicity with the use of nevirapine were already long known. (blogspot.com)
  • These biological factors are believed to impact the two key determinants of HIV transmission risk: the HIV viral load in the PLHIV's blood and genital secretions, and the number and density of HIV-susceptible cells in the sex partner (generally within their penile, vaginal, or anal mucosa) who is a person not living with HIV (non-PLHIV) [ 13 , 14 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
  • The following tables provide the best estimates of effectiveness for various strategies to prevent HIV acquisition or transmission. (cdc.gov)
  • For HIV-positive heterosexual men and women, taking ART regularly greatly reduces the risk of HIV transmission to an HIV-negative partner. (cdc.gov)
  • A recent review of many studies, including these, reported a combined HIV transmission risk estimate, across populations, while the HIV-positive person was virally suppressed of 0.00 (95% CI: 0.00 - 0.07) per 100 couple-years (Vernazza, 2019). (cdc.gov)
  • But correct me if I'm wrong here, but it seems to me that serosorting was more intended to describe men who were seeking to minimize risk of transmission while engaging in sex without condoms . (trevorhoppe.com)
  • Needle and syringe programs provide clean needles or syringes to people who inject drugs, reducing the risk of the transmission of HIV and other blood-borne diseases such as hepatitis B and hepatitis C . This is sometimes referred to as needle exchange. (hivtalk.net)
  • Three large multinational research studies involving couples in which one partner was living with HIV and the other was not HPTN 052 , PARTNER and Opposites Attract observed no HIV transmission to the HIV-negative partner while the partner with HIV had a durably undetectable viral load. (hivtalk.net)
  • Heterosexual anal intercourse and HIV infection risks in the context of alcohol serving venues, Cape Town, South Africa. (yale.edu)
  • The NIMH Multisite Acute HIV Infection Study: III. (yale.edu)
  • OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to describe the rationale for and methodology of the MMP, in addition to its contribution to evaluating and monitoring HIV prevention, care, and treatment efforts in the United States. (cdc.gov)
  • Serosorting does not fully protect against all STIs during unprotected sex between two people infected with HIV. (wikipedia.org)
  • Undiagnosed or untreated STIs may increase the risk of both acquiring and transmitting HIV. (cdc.gov)
  • Biological specimens were collected to screen for HIV and other STIs. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Logistic regression models were constructed to assess whether or not history of STIs were associated with current HIV infection. (biomedcentral.com)
  • The associations between STIs and current HIV infection highlight the need for integrated of HIV/STI screening and treatment programs for Black men. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Risk environments, race/ethnicity, and HIV status in a large sample of people who inject drugs in the United States. (maryland.gov)
  • HIV testing rates and outcomes in a South African community, 2001-2006: implications for expanded screening policies. (yale.edu)
  • The clinical impact and cost-effectiveness of routine, voluntary HIV screening in South Africa. (yale.edu)
  • Before writing off the policy as unethically draconian, one should realize that India has the second highest number of persons living with HIV/AIDS after South Africa, and that America also had a flirt with mandatory premarital testing. (blogspot.com)
  • Black/African American MSM and MSM of other races and ethnicities have an increased chance of being exposed to HIV because of the larger number of MSM living with HIV. (cdc.gov)
  • 35 means we can empower more people living with HIV to challenge stigma with our information workshops, videos and broadcasts. (aidsmap.com)
  • However, Ontario's Black population (3.9% of the total population) comprises approximately 22.5% of people living with HIV in the province. (biomedcentral.com)
  • 4. If someone is living with HIV, which of the following could indicate a Stage 3 (formerly known as AIDS) diagnosis? (learnsfdph.org)
  • Sharing syringes and equipment with an individual living with HIV and HIV is present. (learnsfdph.org)
  • People living with HIV who take antiretroviral medications daily as prescribed and who achieve and then maintain an undetectable viral load have effectively no risk of sexually transmitting the virus to an HIV-negative partner. (hivtalk.net)
  • citation needed] Failure to accurately determine HIV status may stem from people not being sure of their true HIV status or not admitting to having HIV. (wikipedia.org)
  • Dr Doyle and her colleagues especially wanted to see if there were distinct patterns of prevention use and if gay men were adopting a combination approach to prevention - using multiple methods such as testing, antiretrovirals, condoms and the selection of partners on the basis of HIV status, or adopting different strategies in different situations. (aidsmap.com)
  • Participants were asked to state their HIV status. (aidsmap.com)
  • Couples would be tested to find out their HIV status, and then - depending on the results - decide whether or not to go through with the ceremony. (blogspot.com)
  • It is a concern that a significant proportion (61.4%) of respondents who did not know their HIV status and are sure that they are HIV negative. (emis-project.eu)
  • Using medicines to treat HIV, using medicines to prevent HIV, using condoms, having only low-risk sex, only having partners with the same HIV status, and not having sex can all effectively reduce risk. (cdc.gov)
  • Older children and children with single parents were more likely to know their HIV status. (bvsalud.org)
  • The National HIV Behavioral Surveillance System (NHBS) has provided important findings on populations at risk of HIV infection. (cdc.gov)
  • 55 % considered themselves to be at low risk for HIV acquisition. (biomedcentral.com)
  • METHODS: MMP employs a stratified 2-stage sample design to select annual samples of persons living with diagnosed HIV from the National HIV Surveillance System and conducts interviews and medical record abstractions with participating persons. (cdc.gov)
  • Operational methods of HIV testing in emergency departments: a systematic review. (yale.edu)
  • Methods: A questionnaire-based study of primary caregivers of children aged 6 years to 18 years with HIV infection who were enrolled at two government-owned tertiary institutions in Lagos State, Nigeria. (bvsalud.org)
  • A month-long course of antiretroviral medicines taken after exposure or possible exposure to HIV, to reduce the risk of acquiring HIV. (aidsmap.com)
  • A quantitative study of Michigan's criminal HIV exposure law. (yale.edu)
  • 5. HIV exposure will always result in HIV infection. (learnsfdph.org)
  • Nevertheless, MSM who were never tested may have been at risk for HIV, and remain important to target for HIV interventions. (emis-project.eu)
  • 89] Further, researchers have found group-based interventions that rely on users sharing their limiting behaviors with others to be effective. (findzebra.com)
  • The principal prevention strategy used by men with HIV was antiretroviral treatment and an undetectable viral load, or undetectable = untransmittable (U=U). Distinct groupings of prevention strategies were identified. (aidsmap.com)
  • There is a great deal of genetic variability within individual HIV populations, because this variability is shuffled and mutated every time the virus (numbering in the millions) reproduces inside the infected person's body. (wikipedia.org)
  • The CDC is actively involved in providing information through surveillance and research to further understanding of HIV risk in affected populations. (cdc.gov)
  • The city has adopted the goal of ending HIV/AIDS by 2030. (aidsmap.com)
  • In multivariate regression analyses, not being from Amsterdam (adjusted OR, aOR 1.54, CI 1.17 to 2.03), with low education (aOR 1.28, CI 1.04 to 1.57) and low knowledge on HIV-testing (aOR 2.23, CI 1.37 to 3.64) were significantly associated with never having tested. (emis-project.eu)
  • Many black/African American MSM with HIV, particularly young MSM, are unaware of their HIV infection 2 . (cdc.gov)
  • Men who were unaware were classed as HIV negative. (aidsmap.com)
  • Men who have sex with men (MSM) who are unaware of their HIV infection are more likely to infect others, and unable to receive treatment. (emis-project.eu)
  • Behavior change following diagnosis with acute/early HIV infection-a move to serosorting with other HIV-infected individuals. (yale.edu)
  • Background: HIV infected children survive to adolescence because of anti retroviral therapy, however, only a small proportion know their diagnosis.Disclosure is critical to long-term disease management, yet little is known about if, how, and when disclosure takes place and the barriers associated with it, and its impact on children in resource limited settings. (bvsalud.org)
  • Young black MSM are more likely to have older sex partners and therefore are more likely to encounter an HIV-positive partner. (cdc.gov)
  • In this study, we investigate within-racial group patterns of HIV/STI infection between Black MSM and Black men who only have sex with women (MSW). (biomedcentral.com)
  • Gonorrhea also increases the infectiousness of and susceptibility to HIV by increasing the number of HIV target cells in the genital tract and by amplifying HIV shedding (an infected cell releases viral particles, which in turn can infect new cells) Footnote 5 Footnote 6 . (canada.ca)
  • Moreover, what I think this kind of statement actually tends to do is not actually promote any real reduction in risk, but rather to reinforce and reproduce harmful stigma against HIV-positive people. (trevorhoppe.com)
  • It's therefore essential to understand the current strategies used by gay men to protect themselves and others from HIV. (aidsmap.com)
  • Thus, HIV physicians' perspectives about PrEP and other prevention strategies may differ. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Participants answered questions on socio-demographic, medical experience, awareness, knowledge, and attitudes towards PrEP and other HIV prevention strategies. (biomedcentral.com)
  • The information from the survey could be used as a corrective to the already taken initiatives and as a supplement to the new prevention strategies when planning new activities for reducing the spread of HIV/AIDS in Bulgaria at national and regional level. (emis-project.eu)
  • Testing public health ethics: why the CDC's HIV screening recommendations may violate the least infringement principle. (yale.edu)
  • BACKGROUND: The Medical Monitoring Project (MMP) is a national population-based behavioral and clinical surveillance system of adults with diagnosed HIV in the United States, and it is sponsored by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). (cdc.gov)
  • Lessons learned about behavioral science and acute/early HIV infection. (yale.edu)
  • Objective: This study set out to determine the process of and barriers to HIV disclosure in children as well as the immediate impact of this on children and their caregivers. (bvsalud.org)
  • Men with a history of syphilis (OR = 6.48, 95% CI: 2.68,15.71), genital warts (OR = 4.32, 95% CI: 1.79,10.43) or genital ulcers (OR = 21.3, 95% CI: 1.89,239.51) had an increased odds of HIV infection. (biomedcentral.com)
  • It's more difficult to treat genital herpes if you also have HIV. (hivtalk.net)
  • If you have HIV, ask your doctor if you should be tested for genital herpes. (hivtalk.net)
  • Leaders of the Roman Catholic Church, the dominant religion in Burundi, have instructed priests only to conduct weddings for couples who possess a recent HIV test . (blogspot.com)
  • in an earlier version of this post, I mistakenly used information from a press release that stated that the Church in Burundi instructed priests to find out the test results of couples and not to marry those who are HIV positive. (blogspot.com)
  • The government of the western Indian state of Goa seems to be planning to make HIV testing a mandatory requirement for couples planning to get married. (blogspot.com)
  • Each of these studies followed HIV-discordant couples while the HIV-positive partners were treated with ART with the intent of suppressing HIV replication. (cdc.gov)
  • The follow-up assessments, at frequencies typical of what experts recommend for clinical care, included regular measurement of plasma HIV RNA concentrations and HIV testing of the HIV-negative partner. (cdc.gov)
  • Estudio transversal de panel realizado en fumadores y vapeadores mexicanos (no-viembre 2018-marzo 2020). (bvsalud.org)
  • These and other factors place black/African American MSM at higher risk for HIV. (cdc.gov)
  • Both theoretical and observational research suggests that the probability of transmitting HIV to partners is further amplified when these multiple encounters happen over the same period of time [ 6 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
  • They outline two main conditions that must be met in order for such a strategy to be effective: First, both partners must test negative for HIV and disclose these results to each other. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Working together with state and local public health agencies, community-based organizations (CBOs), and other partners, CDC supports National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day external icon and National Gay Men's HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (NGMHAAD) external icon . (cdc.gov)
  • These Awareness Days urge individuals to have open dialogue about HIV with partners, peers, and families. (cdc.gov)
  • To explain why I think this is so, we need to evaluate whether or not there is actually any risk worth avoiding by excluding HIV-positive men from your pool of eligible partners. (trevorhoppe.com)