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HIV infection and sexual risk among men who have sex with men and women (MSMW): a systematic review and meta-analysis.
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72 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- A Systematic Review of eHealth Interventions Addressing HIV/STI Prevention Among Men Who Have Sex With Men.AIDS and behavior · 2019Pooled it
- Sexual Risk Behaviors and HIV Infection among Men Who Have Sex with Men and Women in China: Evidence from a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.BioMed research international · 2015Pooled it
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- Telephone-Delivered Mindfulness Training to Promote Medication Adherence and Reduce Sexual Risk Behavior Among Persons Living with HIV: An Exploratory Clinical Trial.AIDS and behavior · 2020Trial
- A Randomized Controlled Trial to Reduce HIV-Related Risk in African American Men Who Have Sex with Men and Women: the Bruthas Project.Prevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research · 2019Trial
- Phone-delivered mindfulness training to promote medication adherence and reduce sexual risk behavior among persons living with HIV: Design and methods.Contemporary clinical trials · 2017Trial
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- Social-Cognitive and Identity-Related Factors Promoting Pre-exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) Uptake Among Bisexual Men.AIDS and behavior · 2026Article
- Trends in Hepatitis C Virus Infection Prevalence Among People With HIV in Spain Over 2 Decades (2002-2023).Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America · 2026Article
- Sexual risk behaviours and population size estimation of men who have sex with men in Bhutan: a cross-sectional survey.BMJ public health · 2026Article
- Gender Identity and Sexual Experience: An Intersectional Analysis of Experienced Stigma Among U.S. Sex Workers.Archives of sexual behavior · 2025Article
- Pre-exposure prophylaxis implementation during incarceration: Perspectives of formerly incarcerated men and women.PloS one · 2024Article
- Sexual Compulsivity Mediates the Association Between Childhood Sexual Abuse and Condom Use Resistance Among Men Who Have Sex with Men and Women.Archives of sexual behavior · 2023Article
- Variations in Pre-exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) Awareness and Healthcare Provider Interactions in a Nationally Representative Sample of American Men Aged 15-49 Years: A Cross-Sectional Study.AIDS and behavior · 2023Article
- Socio-demographic and behavioural determinants of HIV prevalence among homosexual and bisexual men having sex with men (MSM) in India: Integrated bio-behavioural surveillance.African health sciences · 2023Article
- A new mixed agent-based network and compartmental simulation framework for joint modeling of related infectious diseases- application to sexually transmitted infections.Infectious Disease Modelling · 2023Article
- Preferences and access to community-based HIV testing sites among men who have sex with men (MSM) in Côte d'Ivoire.BMJ open · 2022Article
- Bi+ adults' daily wellbeing: The roles of relationship status and partner gender.Personal Relationships · 2022Article
- Patterns of sexual and HIV-related stigma among men who have sex with men and women living with HIV in Haiti.Scientific reports · 2022Article
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Abstract
objectivesTo estimate the number of men who have sex with men and women who are HIV-positive in the United States, and to compare HIV prevalence rates between men who have sex with men and women, men who have sex with men only, and men who have sex with women exclusively.
methodsFollowing PRISMA guidelines, we conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis of reports referencing HIV prevalence and men who have sex with men and women. We searched PubMed and Ovid PsycINFO for peer-reviewed, U.S.-based articles reporting on HIV prevalence among men who have sex with men and women. We conducted event rate, effect size, moderation and sensitivity analyses.
resultsWe estimate that 1.0% of U.S. males are bisexually-behaving, and that 121,800 bisexually-behaving men are HIV-positive. Men who have sex with men and women are less than half as likely to be HIV-positive as men who have sex with men only (16.9% vs. 33.3%; OR = 0.41, 95% CI: 0.31, 0.54), but more than five times as likely to be HIV-positive as men who have sex with women exclusively (18.3% vs. 3.5%; OR = 5.71, 95% CI: 3.47, 9.39). They are less likely to engage in unprotected receptive anal intercourse than men who have sex with men only (15.9% vs. 35.0%; OR = 0.36, 95% CI: 0.28, 0.46). Men who have sex with men and women in samples with high racial/ethnic minority proportions had significantly higher HIV prevalence than their counterparts in low racial/ethnic minority samples.
conclusionsThis represents the first meta-analysis of HIV prevalence in the U.S. between men who have sex with men and women and men who have sex with men only. Data collection, research, and HIV prevention and care delivery specifically tailored to men who have sex with men and women are necessary to better quantify and ameliorate this population's HIV burden.
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