ArticleAIDS and behavior2012
A protective effect of circumcision among receptive male sex partners of Indian men who have sex with men.
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- Circumcision to prevent HIV and other sexually transmitted infections in men who have sex with men: a systematic review and meta-analysis of global data.The Lancet. Global health · 2019Pooled it
- A scoping review of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and intersex (LGBTQI+) people's health in India.PLOS global public health · 2023Article
- Modeling economic and epidemiological impact of voluntary medical male circumcision among men who have sex with men in Beijing, China.International journal of STD & AIDS · 2019Article
- Voluntary medical male circumcision and HIV infection among men who have sex with men: Implications from a systematic review.SAGE open medicine · 2019Review
- Lower HIV Risk Among Circumcised Men Who Have Sex With Men in China: Interaction With Anal Sex Role in a Cross-Sectional Study.Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999) · 2016Article
- HIV Epidemic in Asia: Implications for HIV Vaccine and Other Prevention Trials.AIDS research and human retroviruses · 2015Review
- Women Connected to at Risk Indian Men Who Have Sex with Men: An Unexplored Network.AIDS and behavior · 2015Article
- Male circumcision for protection against HIV infection in sub-Saharan Africa: the evidence in favour justifies the implementation now in progress.Global public health · 2015Article
- A new HIV prevention network approach: sociometric peer change agent selection.Social science & medicine (1982) · 2015Article
- Towards a gender perspective in qualitative research on voluntary medical male circumcision in east and southern Africa.Global public health · 2015Article
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- Sex role segregation and mixing among men who have sex with men: implications for biomedical HIV prevention interventions.PloS one · 2013Article
- Intimate Partner Violence and Social Pressure among Gay Men in Six Countries.The western journal of emergency medicine · 2012Article
- Field-based video pre-test counseling, oral testing, and telephonic post-test counseling: implementation of an HIV field testing package among high-risk Indian men.AIDS education and prevention : official publication of the International Society for AIDS Education · 2012Article
- Male circumcision for HIV prevention: current evidence and implementation in sub-Saharan Africa.Journal of the International AIDS Society · 2011Review
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Abstract
The role of circumcision in the transmission of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) among men who have sex with men (MSM) in resource restricted regions is poorly understood. This study explored the association of circumcision with HIV seroprevalence, in conjunction with other risk factors such as marriage and sex position, for a population of MSM in India. Participants (n = 387) were recruited from six drop-in centers in a large city in southern India. The overall HIV prevalence in this sample was high, at 18.6%. Bivariate and multivariable analyses revealed a concentration of risk among receptive only, married, and uncircumcised MSM, with HIV prevalence in this group reaching nearly 50%. The adjusted odds of HIV infection amongst circumcised men was less than one fifth that of uncircumcised men [adjusted odds ratio (AOR) 0.17; 95% CI 0.07-0.46; P < 0.001]. Within the group of receptive only MSM, infection was found to be lower among circumcised individuals (AOR, 0.30, 95% CI 0.12-0.76; P < 0.05) in the context of circumcised MSM engaging in more UAI, having a more recent same sex encounter and less lubricant use when compared to uncircumcised receptive men. To further explain these results, future studies should focus on epidemiologic analyses of risk, augmented by social and sexual network analyses of MSM mixing.
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