HIV bio-behavioural survey among men who have sex with men in Barcelona, Bratislava, Bucharest, Ljubljana, Prague and Verona, 2008-2009
| Autor: | M Mirandola, C Folch Toda, I Krampac, I Nita, D Stanekova, D Stehlikova, I Toskin, L Gios, J P Foschia, M Breveglieri, M Furegato, E Castellani, M G Bonavina, null the SIALON network |
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| Rok vydání: | 2009 |
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Adult
Male medicine.medical_specialty Epidemiology media_common.quotation_subject Prevalence Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) HIV Infections medicine.disease_cause Risk Assessment law.invention Men who have sex with men Disease Outbreaks Condom Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) law Risk Factors Virology Medicine Humans Homosexuality Homosexuality Male media_common Europe Incidence Population Surveillance business.industry Public health Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health medicine.disease Eastern european business Demography |
| Zdroj: | Europe PubMed Central ResearcherID |
| ISSN: | 1560-7917 |
| Popis: | Data from 23 European countries show that the annual number of HIV diagnoses in men who have sex with men (MSM) increased by 86% between 2000 and 2006. This paper reports the main preliminary results of a bio-behavioural survey in MSM with a specific focus on HIV prevalence and use of United Nations General Assembly Special Session (UNGASS) indicators in six cities in Southern and Eastern Europe. Time-location sampling (TLS) was used. A total number of 2,356 questionnaires and 2,241 oral fluid samples were collected (invalid samples 4.1%). The data show different socio-demographic patterns across countries regarding age, level of education, living conditions, living area and self-identity. Southern European cities had the highest percentage of people who had tested for HIV and collected the result. More than 50% of respondents in the sample from Barcelona reported having used a condom last time they had anal sex (57.2%), whilst in all other cities this proportion was below 50%. The cities with the highest HIV prevalence in MSM were Barcelona (17.0%) and Verona (11.8%) whilst lower percentages were reported in Bratislava (6.1%), Bucharest (4.6%), Ljubljana (5.1%) and Prague (2.6%). The low prevalence in Eastern European cities is encouraging. However, with the level of high-risk sexual behaviour documented and the lower frequency of HIV test seeking behaviour, there is a clear risk of an increase in HIV transmission. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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