The prevalence of HIV infection among men who have sex with men and risk factors through a web-based registering system
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1003-9279.2015.06.013
- VernacularTitle:网络招募的男男性行为者HIV感染状况及影响因素分析
- Author:
Wei HAN
1
;
Jing TONG
;
Peidong ZHANG
;
Lining ZHANG
;
Changyue ZHOU
Author Information
1. 徐州市疾病预防控制中心
- Keywords:
MSM;
HIV;
Virus
- From:
Chinese Journal of Experimental and Clinical Virology
2015;29(6):519-523
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective To understand the human immunodeficiency virus(HIV) infection status and features of sexual behavior among men who have sex with men (MSM) and receive voluntary counseling and serological testing appointed through a web-based registering system to analyze the related factors.Methods The MSM who have homosexual behavior in nearly a year were recruited for HIV,syphilis and hepatitis C virus (HCV) antibody assay in peripheral blood and a face-to-face questionnaire survey was conduct among them to obtain the information about their demographic characteristics and sexual behavior.Binary logistic regression model was used to identify the risk factors associated with HIV infection.Results A total of 400 MSM were enrolled in our study,the median age is 27 years old,the unmarried MSM accounted for 65.25％,56.00％ of them had high education level and the awareness rate of knowledge regarding HIV was 92.75％.The percentages of using condom at latest homosexual or heterosexual behavior were 78.96％ and 79.82％.The HIV incidence was 7.25％ (29/400).Age,condom use at each homosexual or heterosexual behavior,the awareness rate of knowledge regarding HIV,sexually transmitted disease (STD) infection,Treponema pallidum infection were associated with HIV infection.Conclusions MSM receiving web appointed HIV counseling and testing had high prevalence of risk behaviors and high HIV infection rate,but the rate of condom use was relatively low.It is necessary to strengthen the promotion of HIV test through web based appointment.The integrated mechanism for the prevention and control of STD and AIDS should be improved and effective target behavior intervention in MSM should be strengthened in our intervention programs.
