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ArticleJournal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999)2016

Male Clients of Male Sex Workers in China: An Ignored High-Risk Population.

Lei Chen, Tanmay Mahapatra, Gengfeng Fu, Shujie Huang, Heping Zheng, Joseph D Tucker, Bin Yang, Jinkou Zhao, Roger Detels, Weiming Tang

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Article in Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999), 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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Lei Chen*Department of STI control, Guangdong Provincial Center for Skin Disease and STI Control, Guangzhou, China;†Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of California, Los Angeles, CA;‡Department of HIV and STI Prevention and Control, Jiangsu Provincial Central for Disease Prevention and Control, Nanjing, China;§University of North Carolina, Project-China, Guangzhou, China; and‖Monitoring and Evaluation Unit, The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, Geneva, Switzerland.
Tanmay Mahapatra
Gengfeng Fu
Shujie Huang
Heping Zheng
Joseph D Tucker
Bin Yang
Jinkou Zhao
Roger Detels
Weiming Tang

Funding

Virology, Immunology, and Microbiology CoreP30AI050410 · NIAID · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI DAVID M. MARGOLIS · 2001 to 2026
$76.9M
UCLA Rapid, Relevant, Rigorous Implementation Science HubP30MH058107 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI RAPHAEL J LANDOVITZ · 1997 to 2026
$53.5M
Fogarty Global Health Fellows Coordinating CenterR25TW009340 · FIC · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI CHI, BENJAMIN H. · 2012 to 2016
$6.9M
Spurring Innovation in HIV Testing and Linkage: A Crowdsourcing Approach -Diversity SupplementR01AI114310 · NIAID · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI TUCKER, JOSEPH DAVID, WEI, CHONGYI · 2014 to 2018
$3.3M
UNC-South China STD Research Training CenterD43TW009532 · FIC · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI COHEN, MYRON SCOTT, TUCKER, JOSEPH DAVID · 2013 to 2017
$1.3M
FIC NIH HHS 1D43TW009532-01FIC NIH HHS 5R25TW009340FIC NIH HHS D43 TW009532FIC NIH HHS R25 TW009340NIAID NIH HHS P30 AI050410NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI114310NIMH NIH HHS P30 MH058107
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Abstract

backgroundThere is a high prevalence of HIV/syphilis among male sex workers, but no formal study has ever been conducted focusing on male clients of male sex workers (MCM). A detailed investigation was thus called for, to determine the burden and sociobehavioral determinants of HIV and syphilis among these MCM in China.

methodsAs part of a multicenter cross-sectional study, using respondent-driven and snowball sampling, 2958 consenting adult men who have sex with men (MSM) were recruited, interviewed, and tested for HIV and syphilis between 2008 and 2009. The distributions of sociodemographic characteristics, risk behaviors, and HIV/syphilis prevalence were determined and compared between MCM and other MSM.

resultsAmong recruited MSM, 5.0% (n = 148) were MCM. HIV prevalences for MCM and other MSM were 7.4% and 7.7%, whereas 18.9% and 14.0% were positive for syphilis, respectively. Condomless anal intercourse (CAI) was reported by 59.5% of MCM and 48.2% of MSM. Multiple logistic regression revealed that compared with other MSM, MCM were more likely to have less education [for ≤ elementary level, adjusted odds ratio (aOR) = 3.13, 95% confidence interval (95% CI): 1.42 to 6.90], higher income (for >500 US Dollars per month, aOR = 2.97, 95% CI: 1.53 to 5.77), more often found partners at parks/restrooms (aOR = 4.01, 95% CI: 2.34 to 6.85), reported CAI (aOR = 1.49, 95% CI: 1.05 to 2.10), reported a larger sexual network (for ≥ 10, aOR = 2.70, 95% CI: 1.44 to 5.07), and higher odds of syphilis (aOR = 1.54, 95% CI: 1.00 to 2.38).

conclusionsThe greater frequency of risk behaviors and high prevalence of HIV and syphilis indicated that HIV/syphilis prevention programs in China need to pay special attention to MCM as a distinct subgroup, which was completely ignored until date.

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Homosexuality, MaleSex WorkersAdultChinaCondomsCross-Sectional StudiesHIV InfectionsHumansMaleMalocclusionSafe SexSyphilisYoung Adult

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PMID26871882
PMCPMC4755356

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