PMID- 20467890
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20101220
LR  - 20211020
IS  - 1573-3254 (Electronic)
IS  - 1090-7165 (Print)
IS  - 1090-7165 (Linking)
VI  - 14
IP  - 5
DP  - 2010 Oct
TI  - The emerging HIV epidemic among men who have sex with men in Tamil Nadu, India: 
      geographic diffusion and bisexual concurrency.
PG  - 1001-10
LID - 10.1007/s10461-010-9711-2 [doi]
AB  - In India, men who have sex with men (MSM) remain hidden because anal intercourse 
      was criminalized and marriage socially required. We characterize HIV/STI 
      prevalence among MSM in Tamil Nadu. Eligible participants were recruited using 
      respondent-driven sampling in eight cities (n = 721). Median age was 28, 34% were 
      married and 40% self-identified as homosexual. Median number of male partners in 
      the prior year was 15; 45% reported any unprotected anal intercourse (UAI). HIV, 
      herpes simplex virus-2 (HSV-2), chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) and syphilis 
      prevalence were 9, 26, 2 and 8%, respectively; among married men, all were 
      higher: 14, 32, 3 and 11% (p < 0.01 for HIV and HSV-2). Less education, HSV-2, 
      more male partners, UAI and not having a main male partner were associated with 
      HIV prevalence. The high STI and UAI prevalence may lead to a burgeoning HIV 
      epidemic among MSM, reinforcing the need for focused preventive measures 
      incorporating complex circumstances.
FAU - Solomon, Sunil Suhas
AU  - Solomon SS
AD  - YR Gaitonde Centre for AIDS Research and Education (YRGCARE), VHS Adyar, 
      Taramani, Chennai, India. sunil@yrgcare.org
FAU - Srikrishnan, Aylur K
AU  - Srikrishnan AK
FAU - Sifakis, Frangiscos
AU  - Sifakis F
FAU - Mehta, Shruti H
AU  - Mehta SH
FAU - Vasudevan, Canjeevaram K
AU  - Vasudevan CK
FAU - Balakrishnan, Pachamuthu
AU  - Balakrishnan P
FAU - Mayer, Kenneth H
AU  - Mayer KH
FAU - Solomon, Suniti
AU  - Solomon S
FAU - Celentano, David D
AU  - Celentano DD
LA  - eng
GR  - D43 TW000237/TW/FIC NIH HHS/United States
GR  - R01 MH089266/MH/NIMH NIH HHS/United States
GR  - U01 AI069406/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United States
GR  - 2D 43 TW000010-20-AITRP/TW/FIC NIH HHS/United States
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
PL  - United States
TA  - AIDS Behav
JT  - AIDS and behavior
JID - 9712133
SB  - IM
MH  - Adult
MH  - *Bisexuality
MH  - Epidemics
MH  - HIV Infections/*epidemiology/transmission
MH  - Homosexuality, Male/*statistics & numerical data
MH  - Humans
MH  - India/epidemiology
MH  - Logistic Models
MH  - Male
MH  - Prevalence
MH  - Risk Assessment
MH  - Sexual Partners
MH  - Sexually Transmitted Diseases/*epidemiology/transmission
MH  - Social Class
MH  - Surveys and Questionnaires
MH  - Unsafe Sex
MH  - Young Adult
PMC - PMC4890540
MID - NIHMS786963
EDAT- 2010/05/15 06:00
MHDA- 2010/12/21 06:00
PMCR- 2016/06/02
CRDT- 2010/05/15 06:00
PHST- 2010/05/15 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2010/05/15 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2010/12/21 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2016/06/02 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - 10.1007/s10461-010-9711-2 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - AIDS Behav. 2010 Oct;14(5):1001-10. doi: 10.1007/s10461-010-9711-2.