Gay men who engage in group sex are at increased risk of HIV infection and onward transmission

AIDS and Behavior

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 724-730

  Prestage, Garrett P ^a,b   Hudson, Jeff ^c   Down, Ian ^d   Bradley, Jack ^a   Corrigan, Nick ^d   Hurley, Michael ^b   Grulich, Andrew E ^a   McInnes, David ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c University of Sydney   (Australia)

^d AIDS Council of NSW   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Gay men; Group sex; Sexual adventurism; Unprotected anal intercourse

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANUS INTERCOURSE; ARTICLE; CONDOM; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; UNSAFE SEX; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AUSTRALIA; CONDOMS; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; UNSAFE SEX;

EID: 68549132453     PISSN: 10907165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10461-008-9460-7     Document Type: Article

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