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Published in: AIDS and Behavior 9/2015

01-09-2015 | Original Paper

High HIV Prevalence among Men who have Sex with Men in a Time-Location Sampling Survey, São Paulo, Brazil

Authors: Maria Amelia de Sousa Mascena Veras, Gabriela Junqueira Calazans, Manoel Carlos Sampaio de Almeida Ribeiro, Carmem Aparecida de Freitas Oliveira, Marcia Regina Giovanetti, Regina Facchini, Isadora Lins França, Willi McFarland, The SampaCentro Study Group

Published in: AIDS and Behavior | Issue 9/2015

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Abstract

We conducted a time-location sampling sero-behavioral surveillance survey of men who have sex with men (MSM) in São Paulo, Brazil, the largest city in Latin America and the Southern Hemisphere (N = 1,217 interviewed with serological results for 771). HIV prevalence was 15.4 % (95 % CI 11.6–20.1), with only 45.8 % previously aware of their infection. HIV prevalence achieved 6.4 % among youth 18–24 years and was higher among MSM with lower socio-economic status. In multivariate analysis, correlates of HIV were older age, gay identity, lower socio-economic status, social networks with HIV-positive MSM, receptive anal sex, and internet sex partners. Policy change towards increasing avenues for HIV testing coupled with antiretroviral treatment regardless of CD4 count or stage of disease stand to benefit the MSM community if scaled up fast enough
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Metadata
Title
High HIV Prevalence among Men who have Sex with Men in a Time-Location Sampling Survey, São Paulo, Brazil
Authors
Maria Amelia de Sousa Mascena Veras
Gabriela Junqueira Calazans
Manoel Carlos Sampaio de Almeida Ribeiro
Carmem Aparecida de Freitas Oliveira
Marcia Regina Giovanetti
Regina Facchini
Isadora Lins França
Willi McFarland
The SampaCentro Study Group
Publication date
01-09-2015
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
AIDS and Behavior / Issue 9/2015
Print ISSN: 1090-7165
Electronic ISSN: 1573-3254
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10461-014-0944-3

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