A comprehensive surveillance on HIV among 1237 men who have sex with men in thirteen cities of Yunnan
10.3760/cma.j.issn.0254-6450.2012.07.014
- VernacularTitle:云南省2010年13州(市)男男性行为者艾滋病综合监测
- Author:
Hong-Bing LUO
1
;
Jing-Yuan MEI
;
Li-Jun SONG
;
Ran LU
;
Ji-Yun LU
;
Li-Ru FU
;
Xue-Hua LI
;
Man-Hong JIA
;
Lin LU
Author Information
1. 云南省疾病预防控制中心
- Keywords:
Men who have sex with men;
Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome;
Risk behaviors
- From:Chinese Journal of Epidemiology
2012;33(7):706-709
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective To understand the knowledge,risk behaviors and HIV prevalence in men who have sex with men (MSM) in thirteen cities.Methods Target samples were chosen using the snowball-rolling method,with transverse KABP and HIV-antibody testing developed for those MSM in thirteen cities of Yunnan.Results A total of 1237 valid questionnaires and 1129 blood samples were collected.Basic knowledge on HIV and the rate of the response was 93.2％.81.1％ of the respondents had anal sex with male parmers in the last six months,of them 49.7％ could persistently using condoms in each anal sex episode.29.0％ of the respondents had sex with female partners in the last six months.The HIV prevalence among the studied MSM was 8.2％ and the prevalence of syphilis among them was 3.9％.Most risky factors of those MSM infected by HIV would include:not persistently use condom when having sex and co-infection of syphilis.Conclusion Both rates of HIV infection associated risk behaviors and HIV prevalence were high in MSM under study that called for more work on HIV prevention and control MSM in Yunnan.
