Sexual Concurrency and High-Risk Behavior in Men Who Have Sex with Men

Having concurrent relationships with two partners was associated with an increased likelihood of unprotected anal intercourse.

Understanding factors that are associated with high-risk sexual activity is critical to slowing the spread of HIV infection as well as other sexually transmitted diseases. Sexual concurrency (overlapping sexual partnerships in which sexual relationships with one partner occur between acts of intercourse with another partner) is believed to be one such factor; however, information about this practice is limited. Now, researchers have made use of social media websites to recruit U.S. men who have sex with men (MSM) nationwide and then to assess the incidence of sexual concurrency in this population.

The investigators collected detailed information from behavioral questionnaires completed by 2940 MSM (age, ≥18) who provided information about th…

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Richard T. Ellison III, MD

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Consult/Advisory BoardAcurx Pharmaceuticals, LLC;

Grant/Research SupportDoctors Company Foundation, Massachusetts Department of Public Health

Richard T. Ellison III, MD

Disclosures

Consult/Advisory BoardAcurx Pharmaceuticals, LLC;

Grant/Research SupportDoctors Company Foundation, Massachusetts Department of Public Health

Sexual Concurrency and High-Risk Behavior in Men Who Have Sex with Men

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