Objective To deter mine the characteristic of sexual partner network among men who have sex with men (MSM)in gay bars and documenthIV/STDs prevention and control.
Methods Across-sectional survey was conducted in gay bars including the demographic character istics, HIV and STDs infection as well as the number and types of sexual partner.
Results The self- reported prevalence of HIV and STDs was 3.4% and 10.3%, respectively, among MSM.Multiple sexual partners were common and there were various types of sexual partners.Of 174 par ticipants, 50.0% and 17.8% had the same-sex casual sexual partner and the same-sex commercial sexual partner in the past 2 months, respectively, 63.8% currently had the same-sex primary sexual partner, 55.7% had female sexual par tner during their lifet ime.19.5% and 12.6% had 3 and 4 types of sexual partner, respectively.The various sub-groups, which had different types of sexual partner, were corr elative.The core sub-groups were sub-group who had the female and sub-group who had the same-sex commercial partner.
Conclusion MSM are connected with each other by multiple sexual partner network.There are not only multiple transmission of HIV/STDs among MSM, but also the transmission bridge of HIV/STDs has been developed from MSM to general population.
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