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Factors associated to HIV prevalence among adolescent men who have sex with men in Salvador, Bahia State, Brazil: baseline data from the PrEP1519 cohort [PDF]

Cadernos de Saúde Pública, 2023
Adolescent men who have sex with men (AMSM) are at a heightened vulnerability for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). This study aimed to estimate the prevalence of HIV and associated individual, social, and programmatic factors among AMSM in Salvador ...
Laio Magno, Danielle Souto de Medeiros, Fabiane Soares, Alexandre Grangeiro, Priscila Caires, Thaís Fonseca, Mateus Rodrigues Westin, Ines Dourado   +7 more
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Why should the men who have sex with men population in India be vigilant for monkeypox infection?

Indian Journal of Public Health, 2023
Monkeypox (MPX) is a zoonotic infection caused by the monkeypox virus (MPXV) and is primarily characterized by rash or pox marks and lymph node enlargement.
Elangovan Arumugam, Santhakumar Aridoss, Nagaraj Jaganathasamy, Malathi Mathiyazhakan, Rajat Shurva Adhikary, Manoj V Murhekar   +5 more
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Monkeypox-related knowledge and influencing factors among men who have sex with men in China: an online cross-sectional survey

Zhongguo gonggong weisheng, 2022
ObjectiveTo investigate monkeypox-related knowledge and influencing factors among men who have sex with men (MSM) in China. MethodsTotally 3 889 MSM aged ≥ 16 years and having anal sex in past year were recruited in 20 provincial-level administrative ...
Min ZHENG, Xiao-han QIAN, Zhi YUAN
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Simple-to-use nomogram for predicting the risk of syphilis among MSM in Guangdong Province: results from a serial cross-sectional study

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2021
Background The purpose of this study was to develop and validate a simple-to-use nomogram for the prediction of syphilis infection among men who have sex with men (MSM) in Guangdong Province. Methods A serial cross-sectional data of 2184 MSM from 2017 to
Peizhen Zhao, Ziying Yang, Baohui Li, Mingzhou Xiong, Ye Zhang, Jiyuan Zhou, Cheng Wang   +6 more
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Differences in HIV treatment experiences, perceptions, and behaviors by gender and sexual orientation in 25 middle-income and high-income countries: Findings from the 2019 Positive Perspectives Survey

Population Medicine, 2020
Introduction Understanding differences in knowledge and behaviors among men who have sex with men (MSM), men who have sex with women (MSW), and women, is critical to tailor HIV treatment. We investigated these differences among an international sample of
Chinyere Okoli, Nicolas Van de Velde, Garry Brough, W. David Hardy, Giulio Maria Corbelli, Brent Allan, Marvelous Muchenje, Erika Castellanos, Benjamin Young, Anton Eremin, Pholokgolo Ramothwala, Patricia de los Rios   +11 more
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Prevalence and risk factors for transactional sex among Swedish-born and foreign-born MSM in Sweden

BMC Public Health, 2022
Background Little is known about transactional sex (TS) (selling and buying sex) among men who have sex with men (MSM) in Sweden, especially among foreign-born MSM. This study aims to assess the prevalence and risk factors of TS (ever and in the previous
Sara Causevic, Mariano Salazar, Anna Mia Ekström, Torsten Berglund, Kristina Ingemarsdotter Persson, Mikael Jonsson, Jonas Jonsson, Susanne Strömdahl   +7 more
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Awareness of mpox-related knowledge among men who have sex with men in China

BMC Public Health, 2023
Background With the rapid spread of the mpox epidemic, cases have emerged in multiple countries, mainly among men who have sex with men. Because of the connectedness of today’s world, countries have to be prepared to face risks in advance.
Min Zheng, Wenyan Chen, Xiaohan Qian, Rui Tao, Lin Ma, Feng Zhou, Zhilin Zhu, Yongming Yao, Guanghong Yang   +8 more
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Hepatitis C virus infection among non-IDU HIV-infected and uninfected men who have sex with men.

Mediterranean Journal of Hematology and Infectious Diseases, 2011
In the Mediterranean countries, hepatitis C virus infection affect nearly 45% of HIV-1 infected individuals, consistently to the high proportion of patients with a history of intravenous drug use and exposed to the two viruses by parenteral route.
Massimo Giuliani, Lorenzo Nosotti, Alessandra Latini, Concetta Mirisola, Fulvia Pimpinelli, Sabrina Volpi, Fabrizio Ensoli, Gianpaolo Impara, Guido Palamara   +8 more
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Current heterosexual marriage is associated with significantly decreased levels of anxiety symptoms among Chinese men who have sex with men

BMC Psychiatry, 2020
Background The high heterosexual marriage rate could be a ‘double-edge’ sword for the emotional health of Chinese men who have sex with men (MSM).
Zuosen Yang, Shuang Li, Rui Zhang, Jun Na, Yanxia Li, Huijuan Mu, Liya Yu, Li Liu, Wei Sun, Guowei Pan, Lingjun Yan   +10 more
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The incorporation of HIV self-testing as an exclusive option among men who have sex with men in Spain: results of an online cross-sectional study

BMC Public Health, 2020
Background We assessed to what extent HIV self-testing would be incorporated by men who have sex with men (MSM) with previous testing history as their exclusive testing option and describe what actions they would take in the case of obtaining a reactive ...
J. Hoyos, J. M. Guerras, K. Koutentakis, L. de la Fuente, J. Pulido, L. Sordo, F. Vallejo, M. J. Belza   +7 more
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