Men
In the United States, HIV-related illness and death historically have had a tremendous impact on men who have sex with men (MSM). MSM accounted for 70% of all estimated HIV infections (including MSM who are also injection drug users) among male adults and adolescents in 2004 (based on data from 35 areas with long-term, confidential name-based HIV reporting), even though only about 5% to 7% of male adults and adolescents in the United States identify themselves as MSM, and 51% of all people receiving a diagnosis of HIV/AIDS that year.1 2 And despite decreases in the number of HIV diagnoses for MSM during the 1980s and 1990s, recent surveillance data show an increase of 8% in the number of HIV diagnoses among MSM from 2003 to 2004. 3 4
However, MSM are not alone in their risk; more than one-fourth (28%) of all AIDS cases among men in the United States occurred through injection drug use and heterosexual sexual contact. 5
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Consultation on Serosorting Practices among Men who Have Sex with Men (meeting summary)
From CDC's Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention
HIV
Infection Among Young Black Men Who Have Sex with Men—Jackson, Mississippi,
2006–2008
From CDC's MMWR Weekly; February 6, 2009 / 58(04);77-81
HIV/AIDS among Men Who Have Sex With Men
Fact sheet from the Divisions of HIV/AIDS Prevention of the National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention
HIV/AIDS
Surveillance in Men Who Have Sex with Men (MSM) (updated slide set)
From CDC’s Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention
HPV and Men
Fact sheet from CDC’s Division of STD Prevention
What Are Heterosexual Men’s HIV Prevention Needs?
From the Center for AIDS Prevention Studies, University of California San Francisco
Symptomatic Early Neurosyphilis Among HIV-Positive Men Who Have Sex with Men --- Four Cities, United States, January 2002--June 2004
From CDC’s MMWR Weekly June 29, 2007 / 56(25);625-628
Rapid HIV Testing Among Racial/Ethnic Minority Men at Gay Pride Events—Nine U.S. Cities, 2004–2006
From CDC’s MMWR Weekly June 22, 2007 / 56(24);602-604
CDC Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Health Portal
From CDC
Research Summary: Racial/Ethnic and Age Disparities in HIV Prevalence and Disease Progression among Men Who Have Sex with Men in the United States
From the American Journal of Public Health, June 2007, Vol. 97 No. 6
Condoms and STDs: Fact Sheet for Public Health Personnel
From CDC's Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention
Promoting More Gender-equitable Norms and Behaviors Among Young Men as an HIV/AIDS Prevention Strategy
Report From Instituto Promundo and Horizons
1 CDC. HIV/AIDS Surveillance Report, 2004. Vol. 16. Atlanta: US Department of Health and Human Services, CDC; 2005:1-46
2 Binson D, Michaels S, Stall R, et al. Prevalence and social distribution of men who have sex with men: United States and its urban centers. Journal of Sex Research 1995; 32:245-254.
3 CDC. Increases in HIV diagnoses – 29 states, 1999-2002. MMWR 2003; 52:1145-1148.
4 CDC. Trends in HIV/AIDS diagnoses – 33 states, 2001-2004. MMWR 2005; 54:1149-1153.
5 Center for AIDS Prevention Studies, University of California San Francisco. What Are Heterosexual Men’s HIV Prevention Needs?
