BACKGROUND An increasing incidence of anal cancer among men, especially men who have sex with men (MSM) suggests a need to better understand anal human papillomavirus (HPV) infection among this group. METHODS A cross-sectional study was conducted among MSM in Shenzhen, China. Blood was collected for HIV serological testing and syphilis serological screening, and anal swabs were collected for ...

Sevil Hakimi, Sakineh Hajebrahimi, Marzieh Mohammadi, Elham Aminian, Samieh Ghana. Msm, PhD. Assistant Professor, Tabriz University of Medical Science, Tabriz, Iran; MD. Professor, Tabriz University of Medical Science, Tabriz, Iran; MSm. Tabriz University of Medical Science, Tabriz, Iran; MSm Student. Tabriz University of Medical Science, Tabriz, Iran; MSm Student. Tabriz University of Medical ...

The US HIV/AIDS epidemic is concentrated among men who have sex with men (MSM). Black men are disproportionately affected by incarceration and Black MSM experience higher infection rates and worse HIV-related health outcomes compared to non-Black MSM. We compared HIV treatment outcomes for Black MSM to other HIV-infected men from one of the largest cohorts of HIV-infected jail detainees (N = 12...

An estimation of about 650,000 Chinese were living with HIV/AIDS in 2005 (1); MSM (men who have sex with men) have also become high-risk groups in the infection and spread of HIV/AIDS. In recent years, MSM accounted for the proportion of all new HIV-positive individuals jumped from 12.2% in 2007 to 32.5% in 2012 (1). AIDS high-risk groups, particularly MSM cardinality estimation , are an import...

OBJECTIVE To examine sociodemographic and behavioural differences between men who have sex with men (MSM) participating in recent UK convenience surveys and a national probability sample survey. METHODS We compared 148 MSM aged 18-64 years interviewed for Britain's third National Survey of Sexual Attitudes and Lifestyles (Natsal-3) undertaken in 2010-2012, with men in the same age range parti...

BACKGROUND Until 2005, national-level data on the sex of sex partners that describe how primary and secondary syphilis affects men who have sex with men (MSM) of different races or ethnicities were not reported. OBJECTIVE To present data from 27 states comparing trends in primary and secondary syphilis among MSM of different races or ethnicities. DESIGN Review of case report data and regres...

BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to determine the evolution of HIV infection, gonorrhea, syphilis and lymphogranuloma venereum (LGV), and their epidemiological characteristics in Barcelona city. METHODS Population-based incidence study of all newly occurring diagnoses of HIV infection, syphilis, gonorrhea and LGV detected in Barcelona between January 2007 and December 2011. A descriptive ...

BACKGROUND Three trials have demonstrated the prophylactic effect of male circumcision (MC) for HIV acquisition among heterosexuals, and MC interventions are underway throughout sub-Saharan Africa. Similar efforts for men who have sex with men (MSM) are stymied by the potential for circumcised MSM to acquire HIV easily through receptive sex and transmit easily through insertive sex. Existing wo...

BACKGROUND Sexually transmitted bacterial rectal infections are objective markers of HIV risk behavior. Quantifying HIV risk among men who have sex with men (MSM) who have had these infections can inform prevention efforts. We measured HIV risk among MSM who have and those who have not been diagnosed with rectal Chlamydia trachomatis (CT) and/or rectal Neisseria gonorrhoeae (GC). METHODS HIV ...