A comparison of HIV seropositive and seronegative young adult heroin- and cocaine-using men who have sex with men in New York City, 2000-2003. Export

@article{citeulike:311435, abstract = {The purpose of this analysis was to determine the prevalence and correlates of HIV infection among a street-recruited sample of heroin- and cocaine-using men who have sex with men (MSM). Injection (injecting <or=3 years) and non-injection drug users (heroin, crack, and/or cocaine use <10 years) between 18 and 40 years of age were simultaneously street-recruited into two cohort studies in New York City, 2000-2003, by using identical recruitment techniques. Baseline data collected among young adult men who either identified as gay/bisexual or reported ever having sex with a man were used for this analysis. Nonparametric statistics guided interpretation. Of 95 heroin/ cocaine-using MSM, 25.3\% tested HIV seropositive with 75\% reporting a previous HIV diagnosis. The majority was black (46\%) or Hispanic (44\%), and the median age was 28 years (range 18-40). HIV-seropositive MSM were more likely than seronegatives to be older and to have an HIV-seropositive partner but less likely to report current homelessness, illegal income, heterosexual identity, multiple sex partners, female partners, and sex for money/drug partners than seronegatives. These data indicate high HIV prevalence among street-recruited, drug-using MSM compared with other injection drug use (IDU) subgroups and drug-using MSM; however, lower risk behaviors were found among HIV seropositives compared with seronegatives. Large-scale studies among illicit drug-using MSM from more marginalized neighborhoods are warranted.}, address = {Center for Urban Epidemiologic Studies, New York Academy of Medicine, 1216 5th Avenue, New York, NY 10029, USA. cfuller@nyam.org}, author = {Fuller, C. M. and Absalon, J. and Ompad, D. C. and Nash, D. and Koblin, B. and Blaney, S. and Galea, S. and Vlahov, D.}, citeulike-article-id = {311435}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15738320}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=15738320}, issn = {1099-3460}, journal = {J Urban Health}, keywords = {cocaine, hiv, msm}, month = {March}, number = {1 Suppl 1}, posted-at = {2005-09-04 17:13:51}, priority = {2}, title = {A comparison of HIV seropositive and seronegative young adult heroin- and cocaine-using men who have sex with men in New York City, 2000-2003.}, url = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15738320}, volume = {82}, year = {2005} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:311435 L3 - citeulike-article-id:311435 N2 - The purpose of this analysis was to determine the prevalence and correlates of HIV infection among a street-recruited sample of heroin- and cocaine-using men who have sex with men (MSM). Injection (injecting <or=3 years) and non-injection drug users (heroin, crack, and/or cocaine use <10 years) between 18 and 40 years of age were simultaneously street-recruited into two cohort studies in New York City, 2000-2003, by using identical recruitment techniques. Baseline data collected among young adult men who either identified as gay/bisexual or reported ever having sex with a man were used for this analysis. Nonparametric statistics guided interpretation. Of 95 heroin/ cocaine-using MSM, 25.3% tested HIV seropositive with 75% reporting a previous HIV diagnosis. The majority was black (46%) or Hispanic (44%), and the median age was 28 years (range 18-40). HIV-seropositive MSM were more likely than seronegatives to be older and to have an HIV-seropositive partner but less likely to report current homelessness, illegal income, heterosexual identity, multiple sex partners, female partners, and sex for money/drug partners than seronegatives. These data indicate high HIV prevalence among street-recruited, drug-using MSM compared with other injection drug use (IDU) subgroups and drug-using MSM; however, lower risk behaviors were found among HIV seropositives compared with seronegatives. Large-scale studies among illicit drug-using MSM from more marginalized neighborhoods are warranted. IS - 1 Suppl 1 JF - J Urban Health SN - 1099-3460 AD - Center for Urban Epidemiologic Studies, New York Academy of Medicine, 1216 5th Avenue, New York, NY 10029, USA. cfuller@nyam.org TI - A comparison of HIV seropositive and seronegative young adult heroin- and cocaine-using men who have sex with men in New York City, 2000-2003. VL - 82 KW - cocaine KW - hiv KW - msm AU - Fuller, CM AU - Absalon, J AU - Ompad, DC AU - Nash, D AU - Koblin, B AU - Blaney, S AU - Galea, S AU - Vlahov, D PY - 2005/03// UR - http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15738320 ER -