Prevalence and Risk Factors Associated with HIV Infection Among Men Having Sex with Men in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam |
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| Authors: | Tuan Anh Nguyen Hien Tran Nguyen Giang Truong Le Roger Detels |
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| Affiliation: | (1) National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Hanoi, Vietnam;(2) Department of Health Services, Hochiminh City, Vietnam;(3) Department of Epidemiology, UCLA School of Public Health, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1772, USA |
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| Abstract: | To learn more about risk behaviors among men who have sex with men (MSM) in Vietnam and their prevalence of HIV, we conducted a study among MSM in Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) to determine HIV-1 prevalence and behaviors associated with infection. This consisted of formative (35 MSM) and cross-sectional (600 MSM) studies at 72 sites, including 75 transvestites, 55 bisexuals, 10 sex workers, and 460 other MSM. Only 5.3% cohabited with a wife/girlfriend, but 30% reported ever having sex with a female. Prevalence of HIV was 8%, ranging from 33% in sex workers to 7% among transvestites and other MSM. Injecting drugs, selling sex, being 20–40 years old, having less than 6 years of education, and having more than five male anal sex partners in the past month were associated with being HIV-infected. MSM are an HIV bridge group, and should be included in sentinel surveillance. Targeted interventions should be implemented. |
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| Keywords: | HIV Men having sex with men (MSM) Vietnam Injection drug users (IDUs) Commercial sex workers (CSWs) |
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