Sameer Kumta|Mark N. Lurie|Sherry Weitzen|Hemangi Jerajani|A Gogate|Ashok Row-Kavi|Vivek Anand|Harvey J. Makadon|Kenneth H. Mayer
Bisexuality, Sexual Risk Taking, and HIV Prevalence Among Men Who Have Sex With Men Accessing Voluntary Counseling and Testing Services in Mumbai, India
Fenway Health|Brown University|Miriam Hospital|Brown University|Miriam Hospital|Women & Infants Hospital of Rhode Island|Language Technology Centre|University of Mumbai|Humsafar Trust|Humsafar Trust|Harvard University|Fenway Health|Brown University|Fenway Health|Miriam Hospital
objectives describe sociodemographics sexual risk behavior estimate hiv sexually transmitted infection sti prevalence among men sex men msm mumbai india methods eight hundred thirtyone msm attending voluntary counseling testing vct services humsafar trust answered behavioral questionnaire consented venereal disease research laboratory hiv testing january 2003 december 2004 multivariate logistic regression performed sociodemographics sexual risk behavior stis hiv result outcome results hiv prevalence among msm 125 msm illiterate adjusted odds ratio aor 228 95 confidence interval ci 108 484 married aor 270 95 ci 156 476 preferred male partners aor 468 95 ci 190 1151 partners genders aor 273 95 ci 103 723 presented sti aor 331 95 ci 196 561 presented reactive venereal disease research laboratory test aor 492 95 ci 255 953 vct visit likely hiv infected conclusions msm accessing vct services mumbai high risk sti hiv acquisition culturally appropriate interventions focus sexual risk behavior promote condom use among msm particularly bridge population bisexual men needed slow urban indian aids epidemic