| Literature DB >> 17594139 |
Tuan Anh Nguyen1, Hien Tran Nguyen, Giang Truong Le, Roger Detels.
Abstract
To learn more about risk behaviors among men who have sex with men (MSM) in Vietnam and their prevalence of HIV, we conducted a study among MSM in Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) to determine HIV-1 prevalence and behaviors associated with infection. This consisted of formative (35 MSM) and cross-sectional (600 MSM) studies at 72 sites, including 75 transvestites, 55 bisexuals, 10 sex workers, and 460 other MSM. Only 5.3% cohabited with a wife/girlfriend, but 30% reported ever having sex with a female. Prevalence of HIV was 8%, ranging from 33% in sex workers to 7% among transvestites and other MSM. Injecting drugs, selling sex, being 20-40 years old, having less than 6 years of education, and having more than five male anal sex partners in the past month were associated with being HIV-infected. MSM are an HIV bridge group, and should be included in sentinel surveillance. Targeted interventions should be implemented.Entities:
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Year: 2007 PMID： 17594139 PMCID： PMC2903539 DOI： 10.1007/s10461-007-9267-y
Source DB: PubMed Journal: AIDS Behav ISSN： 1090-7165