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AIDS CARE-PSYCHOLOGICAL AND SOCIO-MEDICAL ASPECTS OF AIDS/HIV
Volume 15, Issue 6, Pages 829-837Publisher
CARFAX PUBLISHING
DOI: 10.1080/09540120310001618676
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Heterosexual transmission of HIV is a growing problem for women, but many women do not know how their partners acquired HIV. We described a group of HIV-infected men and women, and focused on: (1) sexual identity and bisexual behaviour in men, and (2) the proportion of women who acknowledged having a bisexual male partner. This study examined HIV-infected persons who participated in a cross-sectional interview project from 1 January 1995 through 1 July 2000; 5,156 men who have sex with men (MSM), and 3,139 women. The proportion of MSM who reported having sex with women (MSM/MSW) varied by race: 34% of black MSM, 26% of Hispanic MSM, and 13% of white MSM. While 14% of white women acknowledged having a bisexual partner, only 6% of black and 6% of Hispanic women reported having a bisexual partner. Most behaviourally bisexual men identified as either bisexual (59%) or homosexual (26%). These data suggest that bisexual activity is relatively common among black and Hispanic HIV-infected MSM, few identify as heterosexual, and their female partners may not know of their bisexual activity.
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