VladOrlov/ShutterstockA study tracking new cases of HIV among gay and bisexual men in London and Brighton has identified the key risk factors predicting subsequent HIV infection in recent years. By far the most important was injecting drugs, largely in a chemsex context. Although only 3% of the men in the study reported injecting drugs, 16% of those who did subsequently tested HIV positive.
Men reporting the use of chemsex drugs, condomless sex with multiple partners or HIV–positive partners, group sex, and STIs were at increased risk of acquiring HIV. Men with less education were also significantly more likely to test positive. Nadia Hanum of University College London and colleagues have published the results from this prospective observational cohort study in PLoS Medicine.
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