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    AIDS Behav. 2008 May;12(3):483-91. Epub 2007 Mar 22.

    High rates of sex with men among high-risk, heterosexually-identified men in low-income, coastal Peru.

    Konda KA, Lescano AG, Leontsini E, Fernandez P, Klausner JD, Coates TJ, Cáceres CF; NIMH Collaborative STD/HIV Prevention Trial.

    Division of Infectious Diseases, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA. kelika_konda@hotmail.com

    In this paper we describe sex with men, including the frequency of sex and unprotected sex, among high-risk, heterosexually-identified men in urban, low-income, coastal Peru. During 2001--2002, a random community-based sample of these men was administered an epidemiologic survey collecting sexual risk behavior data. Among the 924 high-risk heterosexually-identified men, 131 (14.2%) reported at least one male partner in the past 6 months. Of these, 113 (86.3%) reported male and female partners and among those with partners of both sexes, 84.2% and 57.0% of sex acts with female and male partners, respectively, were unprotected, (RR 1.48, 95% CI = 1.31-1.68). We observed a high rate of recent bisexual behavior compared to past studies showing frequent, unprotected sex with male and female partners. This population has substantial potential to act as a bridge population between and their male and female partners and should be addressed by prevention programs.

    PMID: 17377837 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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