ArticleJournal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999)2016
Frequent HIV Testing: Impact on HIV Risk Among Chinese Men Who Have Sex with Men.
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- Exploring the relationship between HIV Testing frequency and sexual behavior, prevention prophylaxis use among MSM in Southern China.PloS one · 2026Trial
- Exploring the feedback effects of incentive methods on HIV rapid self-testing among men who have sex with men in Chongqing, China.BMC public health · 2025Trial
- Effects of a Mobile Health Intervention to Promote HIV Self-testing with MSM in China: A Randomized Controlled Trial.AIDS and behavior · 2019Trial
- Missed Opportunities for Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Syphilis Testing Among Men Who Have Sex With Men in China: A Cross-Sectional Study.Sexually transmitted diseases · 2018Trial
- Peer counselling versus standard-of-care on reducing high-risk behaviours among newly diagnosed HIV-positive men who have sex with men in Beijing, China: a randomized intervention study.Journal of the International AIDS Society · 2018Trial
- The burden of HIV/AIDS among children and adolescents under 20 years of age in China and ASEAN countries from 1990 to 2023 and projections of future trends.European journal of pediatrics · 2026Article
- Preferences for HIV testing services among men who have sex with men in China: a discrete choice experiment.Archives of public health = Archives belges de sante publique · 2026Article
- Application of the Information-Motivation-Behavioral Skills Theory to Explore HIV Self-Testing Behavior Among Men Who Have Sex with Men in Southwest China.Archives of sexual behavior · 2025Article
- The Prevalence and Associated Factors of HIV Self-Testing Among High-Risk Men Who Have Sex with Men in China: A Study Based on Bayesian Network Model.Archives of sexual behavior · 2025Article
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- Online distribution of HIV self-testing kits to promote HIV testing among men who have sex with men discontinuing pre-exposure prophylaxis after demonstration project completion in China: a multicentre open-label randomized controlled trial.The Lancet regional health. Western Pacific · 2023Article
- Self-Testing as a Hope to Reduce HIV in Transgender Women-Literature Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Review
- Assessing the Prevalence and Determinants of Exposure-Influenced HIV Testing among a Sample of Pre- and Post-Exposure Prophylaxis-Naïve Young Men Who Have Sex with Men in the United States.Tropical medicine and infectious disease · 2022Article
- HIV testing frequency and associated factors among five key populations in ten cities of China: a cross-sectional study.BMC infectious diseases · 2022Article
- Changes in HIV Testing Utilization Among Chinese Men Who Have Sex With Men During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Shenzhen, China: An Observational Prospective Cohort Study.Frontiers in medicine · 2022Article
- Trends in HIV Prevalence and HIV-Related Risk Behaviors Among Male Students Who Have Sex With Men From 2016 to 2020 in Nanjing, China: Consecutive Cross-Sectional Surveys.Frontiers in public health · 2022Article
- Prevalence and Risk Factors for HIV Infection Among Heterosexual Men Recruited from Socializing Venues in Rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.AIDS and behavior · 2021Article
- Factors associated with past HIV testing among men who have sex with men attending university in China: a cross-sectional study.Sexual health · 2021Article
- Interventions to improve the HIV continuum of care in China.Current HIV/AIDS reports · 2019Review
- Predictors of Recent HIV Testing Among Chinese Men Who Have Sex with Men: A Barrier Perspective.AIDS patient care and STDs · 2018Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe HIV epidemic continues to expand among men who have sex with men (MSM) in China. The NIMH Project Accept/HPTN 043 trial suggested a borderline significant trend toward HIV incidence reduction among persons with higher testing rates.
methodsWe assessed HIV testing histories and infection status among a community-based Beijing MSM. HIV serostatus was lab confirmed. We ascertained demographic/behavioral factors through questionnaire-based interviews. Associations of previous HIV testing with odds of current HIV infection were assessed, seeking improved like-with-like risk comparisons through multivariable logistic regression analysis with propensity score adjustment and restricted cubic spline modeling.
resultsAmong 3588 participants, 12.7% were HIV infected; 70.8% reported having ever tested for HIV. Compared with MSM who never tested, those ever testing had a 41% reduction in the odds of being HIV positive [adjusted odds ratio (aOR): 0.59; 95% confidence interval (CI): 0.48 to 0.74. Higher HIV testing frequencies were associated with a decreasing trend in the odds of being infected with HIV vs. a referent group with no previous testing [>6 tests (aOR: 0.27; 95% CI: 0.18 to 0.41); 4-6 (aOR: 0.55; 95% CI: 0.39 to 0.78); 2-3 (aOR: 0.61; 95% CI: 0.45 to 0.82); P for trend <0.001]. The multivariable-adjusted model with restricted cubic spline of HIV testing frequency showed a higher frequency of previous HIV testing associated with lower odds of HIV infection, particularly among men with ≥10 lifetime male sexual partners.
conclusionsUsing risk probability adjustments to enable less biased comparisons, frequent HIV testing was associated with a lower HIV odds among Chinese MSM.
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