Same race and older partner selection may explain higher HIV prevalence among black men who have sex with men

AIDS. 2007 Nov 12;21(17):2349-50. doi: 10.1097/QAD.0b013e3282f12f41.

Abstract

In a community-based survey in San Francisco, black men who have sex with men (MSM) had higher rates of same-race/ethnicity sexual partnerships and partners 10 or more years older compared with other MSM. Differences in sexual networks may explain why black MSM have higher HIV prevalence than other MSM despite lower levels of risk behavior.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study

MeSH terms

  • Age Factors
  • Black People / psychology*
  • Black or African American
  • California / epidemiology
  • Chi-Square Distribution
  • HIV Infections / ethnology
  • HIV Infections / psychology
  • HIV Infections / transmission*
  • Homosexuality, Male / psychology*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Prejudice*
  • Prevalence
  • Sexual Partners*
  • Unsafe Sex