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About the Authors:
Cyprian Wejnert
* E-mail: [email protected]
Affiliation: Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, National Center for HIV, Viral Hepatitis, STD and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Binh Le
Affiliation: Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, National Center for HIV, Viral Hepatitis, STD and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Charles E. Rose
Affiliation: Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, National Center for HIV, Viral Hepatitis, STD and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Alexandra M. Oster
Affiliation: Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, National Center for HIV, Viral Hepatitis, STD and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Amanda J. Smith
Affiliation: Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, National Center for HIV, Viral Hepatitis, STD and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Julia Zhu
Affiliation: Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, National Center for HIV, Viral Hepatitis, STD and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Gabriela Paz-Bailey for the NHBS Study Group
¶Membership of the NHBS Study Group is provided in the Acknowledgments.
Affiliation: Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, National Center for HIV, Viral Hepatitis, STD and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Introduction
Men who have sex with men (MSM) are at increased risk of HIV infection. MSM are the only group for which the annual number of diagnoses of HIV infection increased from 2007 to 2010 from 28,077 to 30,573 [1]. Male-to-male sexual contact accounted for 65% of all HIV diagnoses reported in 2011 [1]. Further, CDC estimates that the number of incident HIV infections (new HIV infections, whether diagnosed or not) increased 12% among MSM from 2008 to 2010 [2]. Of the 47,500 estimated incident HIV infections in 2010 in the United States, 63% were estimated to have occurred among MSM [2]. Among MSM, blacks are disproportionately affected by HIV. Black MSM accounted for 42% of all estimated incident HIV infections attributed to male-to-male sexual contact in 2010 [2].
Efforts to reduce the number of new HIV infections among MSM currently include efforts to increase awareness of...