High HIV Prevalence among Men who have Sex with Men in a Time-Location Sampling Survey, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Autor(es)

de Sousa Mascena Veras, Maria Amelia ^[1] ; Calazans, Gabriela Junqueira ^{[1, 2]} ; Sampaio de Almeida Ribeiro, Manoel Carlos ^[1] ; de Freitas Oliveira, Carmem Aparecida ^[3] ; Giovanetti, Marcia Regina ^[4] ; Facchini, Regina ^[5] ; Franca, Isadora Lins ^[6] ; McFarland, Willi ^[7] ; Grp, SampaCtr Study

Afiliação do(s) autor(es)

^[1] Fac Ciencias Med Santa Casa Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP - Brazil

^[2] Univ Sao Paulo, Fac Med, Dept Prevent Med, Sao Paulo, SP - Brazil

^[3] Adolfo Lutz Inst, Sao Paulo, SP - Brazil

^[4] Ctr Referencia & Treinamento DST AIDS, Sao Paulo, SP - Brazil

^[5] Univ Estadual Campinas, Nucleo Estudos Genero Pagu, Campinas, SP - Brazil

^[6] Univ Estadual Campinas, Dept Antropol, Nucleo Estudos Genero Pagu, Campinas, SP - Brazil

^[7] San Francisco Dept Publ Hlth, San Francisco, CA - USA

• Tipo de documento: Artigo Científico
• Fonte: AIDS AND BEHAVIOR; v. 19, n. 9, p. 1589-1598, SEP 2015.
• Citações Web of Science: 12

Resumo

We conducted a time-location sampling sero-behavioral surveillance survey of men who have sex with men (MSM) in So Paulo, Brazil, the largest city in Latin America and the Southern Hemisphere (N = 1,217 interviewed with serological results for 771). HIV prevalence was 15.4 % (95 % CI 11.6-20.1), with only 45.8 % previously aware of their infection. HIV prevalence achieved 6.4 % among youth 18-24 years and was higher among MSM with lower socio-economic status. In multivariate analysis, correlates of HIV were older age, gay identity, lower socio-economic status, social networks with HIV-positive MSM, receptive anal sex, and internet sex partners. Policy change towards increasing avenues for HIV testing coupled with antiretroviral treatment regardless of CD4 count or stage of disease stand to benefit the MSM community if scaled up fast enough. (AU)

• Processo FAPESP: 09/53082-9 - Comportamentos e práticas sexuais, acesso à prevenção, prevalência de HIV e outras infecções de transmissão sexual entre gays, travestis e homens que fazem sexo com homens (HSH) na região central de São Paulo
• Beneficiário: Maria Amélia de Sousa Mascena Veras
• Modalidade de apoio: Auxílio à Pesquisa - Pesquisa em Políticas Públicas para o SUS