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HIV/AIDS Co-Infection Prevention: Studies from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Division of HIV in the area of HIV/AIDS co-infection prevention described

AIDSWEEKLY Plus; Monday, November 20, 2006
Staff Medical Writers

NewsRx -- New research, "Circuit parties: sexual behaviors and HIV disclosure practices among men who have sex with men at the White Party, Palm Springs, California, 2003," is the subject of a report. According to recent research from the United States, "The syphilis epidemic among men who have sex with men (MSM) in major US cities and concomitant increases in high-risk sexual behavior, have raised concerns of increased HIV transmission in this population. Therefore, to provide information for health promotion and disease awareness efforts, we investigated sexual behaviors, partner selection preferences and HIV serostatus disclosure practices of MSM at the White Party in Palm Springs, California."

"Circuit party attendees reported engaging in unprotected anal sex, however, a high proportion reported disclosing their HIV status. These findings suggest that some gay men are serosorting as a risk reduction strategy or implementing sexual risk reduction strategies to protect themselves and their partners. In our study, HIV-negative men were nine times more likely to report a preference for a seroconcordant sexual partner. The self-protecting attitudes of HIV-negative men in our sample outweighed the partner-protecting attitudes of HIV-positive men," wrote P. Patel and colleagues, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Division of HIV.

The researchers concluded: "This suggests that prevention interventions focusing on HIV-positive persons are warranted."

Patel and colleagues published their study in AIDS Care (Circuit parties: sexual behaviors and HIV disclosure practices among men who have sex with men at the White Party, Palm Springs, California, 2003. AIDS Care. 2006 Nov;18(8):1046-9).

For additional information, contact P. Patel, AIDS Prevention, Division of HIV, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333 U.S.

Publisher contact information for the journal AIDS Care is: Carfax Publishing, Rankine Rd., Basingstoke RG24 8PR, Hants, England.

Keywords: United States, Atlanta, HIV/AIDS Co-Infection Prevention, AIDS, Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome, HIV, Human Immunodeficiency Virus Bacterial Infection, Virology.

This article was prepared by AIDS Weekly editors from staff and other reports.

Reference

Patel P, Taylor MM, Montoya JA, et al., “Circuit parties: sexual behaviors and HIV disclosure practices among men who have sex with men at the White Party, Palm Springs, California, 2003”, AIDS Care. 2006 Nov;18(8):1046-9.

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