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The hidden HIV epidemic of men who have sex with men

By Alliance Alert

Scientific American: "[A]s more and better epidemiological data has become available, the evidence is clear: men who have sex with men (MSM), regardless of whether or not they identify as gay, also are at the core of those generalized epidemics. MSM in developing countries are 19 times more likely to be infected with HIV than the general population, according to a 2007 literature review . . . The recent International AIDS Conference reinforced the trend: Just 2 percent of presentations focused on gay and bisexual men, according to George Ayala, executive officer of the Global Forum."

Full post as published by Constitutionally Correct on August 25, 2010 (boomark / email).