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ArticleClinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America2013

HIV and syphilis prevalence among men who have sex with men: a cross-sectional survey of 61 cities in China.

Zunyou Wu, Jie Xu, Enwu Liu, Yurong Mao, Yan Xiao, Xinhua Sun, Yufen Liu, Yan Jiang, Jennifer M McGoogan, Zhi Dou and 20 more

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Article in Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 147 papers, 15 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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147 citing papers in PubMed, 15 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 245 citations in OpenAlex.

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Authors and funding

30 authors at 5 institutions in 4 countries.

Zunyou WuNational Center for AIDS/STD Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention.
Jie Xu
Enwu Liu
Yurong Mao
Yan Xiao
Xinhua Sun
Yufen Liu
Yan Jiang
Jennifer M McGoogan
Zhi Dou
Guodong Mi
Ning Wang
Jiangping Sun
Zhongfu Liu
Lu Wang
Keming Rou
Lin Pang
Wenge Xing
Juan Xu
Shuo Wang
Yan Cui
Zhijun Li
Marc Bulterys
Wen Lin
Jinkou Zhao
Ray Yip
You Wu
Yang Hao
Yu Wang
National MSM Survey Group
Chinese Center For Disease Control and Prevention · CNCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · USBill & Melinda Gates Foundation · USMinistry of Health of the Russian Federation · RUCenter for Disease Control · TW

Funding

Multidisciplinary HIV and TB Implementation Sciences Training in ChinaU2RTW006918 · FIC · NATIONAL CENTER FOR AIDS/STD CONTROL AND PREVENTION · PI WU, ZUNYOU · 2004 to 2013
$4.8M
FIC NIH HHS U2R TW006918NCHHSTP CDC HHS U2G PS001188
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundHuman immunodeficiency virus (HIV) has rapidly spread among men who have sex with men (MSM) in China in recent years; the magnitude of the epidemic is unclear. We sought to test 3 hypotheses: (1) The prevalence of both HIV and syphilis among MSM in China is high, (2) the 2 epidemics each have unique geographical distributions, and (3) demographic and sexual behavior characteristics are different among segments of the MSM population in China.

methodsA total of 47 231 MSM from 61 cities in China participated in a cross-sectional survey conducted from February 2008 to September 2009. Demographic and behavioral data were collected and analyzed and blood samples tested for HIV and syphilis. Three subgroups among the broader MSM sample were described. Main outcome measures were HIV and syphilis prevalence.

resultsAn overall prevalence of 4.9% (2314/47 231; 95% confidence interval [CI], 4.7%-5.1%) for HIV and 11.8% (5552/47 231; 95% CI, 11.5%-12.0%) for syphilis was found. Syphilis-positive MSM had the highest HIV prevalence, 12.5% (693/5552; 95% CI, 11.6%-13.4%). However, correlations between HIV and syphilis prevalence were found in only 3 of 6 geographical regions (Northwest: r = 0.82, P = .0253; East: r = 0.78, P = .0004; and South-central: r = 0.63, P = .0276). Three subgroups-nonlocal MSM, Internet-using MSM, and female-partnering MSM-were found to have different profiles of characteristics and behaviors.

conclusionsHIV and syphilis prevalences among MSM in China are high and the 2 epidemics are largely separate geographically. Three segments of the Chinese MSM population each have different demographic and sexual risk "profiles" that suggest high potential for bridging infection across geographies, generations, and sexes.

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Homosexuality, MaleAdolescentAdultAgedChinaCoinfectionComorbidityCross-Sectional StudiesHIV InfectionsHumansMaleMiddle AgedPrevalenceRisk FactorsSyphilisTopography, MedicalChinaHIVMSMsyphilis

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PMID23580732
PMCPMC3689345
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