Not so different? Comparison of risk profile of gay men who acquired HIV while travelling with those who acquired HIV in Australia.

Issue Addressed: Many countries now identify HIV and international mobility as a priority issue within a global and shared epidemic, including Australia. To support health promotion in this complex area, we investigated recent HIV infections that occurred among Australian gay men while travelling and compared to HIV infections that occurred in Australia.

Methods: 446 gay men recently diagnosed with HIV completed an on-line survey regarding the high risk event (HRE) where they believed that they acquired HIV.

Australian Gay Men Describe the Details of Their HIV Infection Through a Cross-Sectional Web-Based Survey.

Background: With emerging opportunities for preventing human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) transmission, it remains important to identify those at greatest risk of infection and to describe and understand the contexts in which transmissions occur. Some gay and bisexual men with recently diagnosed HIV infection are initially unable to identify high-risk behaviors that would explain their HIV infection. We explored whether Web-based data collection could assist them in identifying the circumstances of their infection.

Factors associated with recent previous HIV testing among a sample of recently HIV-diagnosed gay men in Australia: a cross-sectional study.

Objective: Timely HIV testing among recently HIV-infected gay men may enable earlier access to clinical care and changes in behaviour that will reduce onward transmission. We investigated the testing practices of men recently diagnosed with HIV to identify factors associated with recent testing.

Methods: In an online survey of men in Australia recently diagnosed with HIV, participants were asked about their HIV testing history, perceived impediments to testing prior to diagnosis, motivation for testing at the time of diagnosis and a range of demographic and behavioural characteristics.

Recently diagnosed gay men talk about HIV treatment decisions.

Unlabelled: Background In recent years, there has been increasing evidence that early initiation of antiretroviral therapy (ART) may provide health benefits for those infected with HIV. There has also been significant discussion about the role of HIV treatment in preventing onward transmission of the virus. Early provision and uptake of ART to people recently diagnosed with HIV could achieve both individual and public health outcomes.