Human Immunodeficiency Virus Treatment Attitudes and Bacterial Sexually Transmitted Infections Among Gay and Bisexual Men.
Trevor A HartSyed W NoorFarideh TavangarAdhm ZahranRichard CrosbyDarrell Hoi-San TanGilles LambertDaniel GraceNathan John LachowskyJordan Mitchell SangPaolo A PalmaHaochuan ZhangMilada DvorakovaJoseph CoxDavid M Moorenull nullPublished in: Sexually transmitted diseases (2023)
The association between HIV treatment attitudes and diagnosed STIs is mediated through a higher number of male anal sex partners and condomless anal sex. The results highlight the importance of providers educating patients when providing effective STI counseling, testing, and prevention for GBM about how accurate HIV treatment attitudes may inadvertently be associated with the bacterial STI epidemic.