Open AccessMonitoring HIV prevalence and behaviour of men who have sex with men in Barcelona, Spain
Author(s) -
Katrina Perez,
Anna Rodés,
Jordi Casabona
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
euro surveillance/eurosurveillance
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.766
H-Index - 104
eISSN - 1560-7917
pISSN - 1025-496X
DOI - 10.2807/esm.07.02.00345-en
Subject(s) - men who have sex with men , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , medicine , incidence (geometry) , demography , optimism , sexual behavior , environmental health , syphilis , psychology , clinical psychology , virology , social psychology , physics , sociology , optics
Recently, different studies among men who have sex with men (MSMs) have reported an increase in HIV incidence and sexually transmitted infections, and an increase in sexual risk behaviour. But the optimism regarding anti-retroviral treatments may lead to a greater relaxation in protective measures in the near future.