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. 2017 Dec;21(12):3590-3598.
doi: 10.1007/s10461-017-1736-3.

Drug Use and Sexual HIV Transmission Risk Among Men Who have Sex with Men and Women (MSMW), Men Who have Sex with Men only (MSMO), and Men Who have Sex with Women Only (MSWO) and the Female Partners of MSMW and MSWO: A Network Perspective

Typhanye V Dyer  1 , Maria R Khan  2 , Milagros Sandoval  3 , Abenaa Acheampong  4 , Rotrease Regan  5 , Melissa Bolyard  6 , Pedro Mateu-Gelabert  3 , Samuel R Friedman  3
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Drug Use and Sexual HIV Transmission Risk Among Men Who have Sex with Men and Women (MSMW), Men Who have Sex with Men only (MSMO), and Men Who have Sex with Women Only (MSWO) and the Female Partners of MSMW and MSWO: A Network Perspective

Typhanye V Dyer et al. AIDS Behav. 2017 Dec.

Abstract

We described drug use, sex risk, and STI/HIV among men who have sex with men and women (MSMW) and their female partners. We used the Network, Norms and HIV/STI Risk among Youth (NNAHRAY) study to evaluate drug use, sex risk, and biologically-confirmed STI/HIV in (1) MSMW and men who had sex with men only (MSMO) versus men who had sex with women only (MSWO) and (2) female partners of MSMW versus female partners of MSWO (N = 182 men, 152 women). MSMW versus MSWO had 30 to 60% increased odds of substance use, over twice the odds of multiple partnerships, and almost five times the odds of sex trade and HIV infection. Female partners of MSMW versus female partners of MSWO had approximately twice the odds of substance use and 1.5-2 times the odds of multiple partnerships and sex trade. Interventions should address STI/HIV risk among MSMW and their female partners.

Keywords: HIV; MSMW; Social network analysis; Substance use; Women.

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The authors have no conflicts of interest.

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