Sexual Risk Behavior and Detectable Viremia Among HIV-Positive Young Men Who Have Sex with Men

In the U.S., the subpopulation of young men who have sex with men (YMSM) is the only group in which HIV incidence continues to increase. Existing evidence indicates that HIV-infected YMSM are frequently not virally suppressed and that they continue to engage in risky sexual behavior such as condomless anal intercourse (CAI). However, the prevalence of these behaviors and their psychosocial correlates remain understudied.

Now, researchers have conducted a cross-sectional analysis of HIV-infected YMSM aged 15 to 26 years, all of whom were linked to care at one of 20 clinical sites affiliated with the Adolescent Medicine Trials Network for HIV/AIDS Interventions (ATN). Of the 991 YMSM who met inclusion criteria, 668 (69.4%) had a detectable HIV…