Changing the Use of HIV Pre-exposure Prophylaxis Among Men Who Have Sex With Men During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Melbourne, Australia.

Eric Pui Fung ChowJane S HockingJason J OngTina SchmidtAndrew BuchananElena RodriguezKate MaddafordPrital PatelChristopher K Fairley

Published in: Open forum infectious diseases (2020)

We surveyed 204 men who have sex with men (MSM) who were pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) users. One in 4 daily PrEP users stopped taking PrEP during the COVID-19 pandemic, and 5% switched to on-demand PrEP. Most men reduced PrEP use because they stopped having casual sex and reduced the number of casual partners during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Keyphrases

men who have sex with men
hiv testing
hiv positive
physical activity
antiretroviral therapy
hiv infected