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More HIV+ men know undetectable viral levels mean AIDS virus can't spread
Reuters Lisa Rapaport
December 23, 2019
3:52 PM EST
(Reuters Health) – A growing number of sexual minority men understand that HIV can’t be transmitted by people with undetectable viral levels, but a new study suggests men living with HIV have a better grasp of the facts than men who don’t have the virus.
Researchers surveyed 111,747 men who don’t identify as heterosexual about their sexual behaviors, condom use, drug use, HIV status and understanding of the HIV transmission risk. Overall, about 53% knew HIV could not be transmitted by individuals with undetectable viral levels – so little virus in their blood that it can’t be found with lab tests.
Almost 84% of HIV-positive men understood that undetectable effectively means untransmittable, compared with 54% of HIV-negative men, according to the report in JAIDS: Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes.
The findings suggest there’s more work to be done to educate people about HIV prevention, said lead study author H. Jonathon Rendina, an assistant professor of psychology at Hunter College in New York City.
Misunderstanding the facts may lead some people to choose riskier partners or behaviors, Rendina said by email...
...SOURCE: https://bit.ly/377mOVD JAIDS: Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, online December 5, 2019.
More HIV+ men know undetectable viral levels mean AIDS virus can't spread
Reuters Lisa Rapaport
December 23, 2019
3:52 PM EST
(Reuters Health) – A growing number of sexual minority men understand that HIV can’t be transmitted by people with undetectable viral levels, but a new study suggests men living with HIV have a better grasp of the facts than men who don’t have the virus.
Researchers surveyed 111,747 men who don’t identify as heterosexual about their sexual behaviors, condom use, drug use, HIV status and understanding of the HIV transmission risk. Overall, about 53% knew HIV could not be transmitted by individuals with undetectable viral levels – so little virus in their blood that it can’t be found with lab tests.
Almost 84% of HIV-positive men understood that undetectable effectively means untransmittable, compared with 54% of HIV-negative men, according to the report in JAIDS: Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes.
The findings suggest there’s more work to be done to educate people about HIV prevention, said lead study author H. Jonathon Rendina, an assistant professor of psychology at Hunter College in New York City.
Misunderstanding the facts may lead some people to choose riskier partners or behaviors, Rendina said by email...
...SOURCE: https://bit.ly/377mOVD JAIDS: Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, online December 5, 2019.