ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ Uɴɪᴛᴇᴅ Sᴛᴀᴛᴇs. MSM ʀᴇᴘʀᴇsᴇɴᴛ ᴀᴘᴘʀᴏxɪᴍᴀᴛᴇʟʏ 2% ᴏғ ᴛʜᴇ U.S. ᴘᴏᴘᴜʟᴀᴛɪᴏɴ (1). Hᴏᴡᴇᴠᴇʀ, ɪɴ 2013, MSM ᴀᴄᴄᴏᴜɴᴛᴇᴅ ғᴏʀ 67% ᴏғ ᴀʟʟ ɴᴇᴡ VIH ᴅɪᴀɢɴᴏsᴇs, ɪɴᴄʟᴜᴅɪɴɢ 3% ᴡʜᴏ ᴡᴇʀᴇ ᴀʟsᴏ ɪɴᴊᴇᴄᴛɪᴏɴ ᴅʀᴜɢ ᴜsᴇʀs (2)
Iɴ 2011, ᴀᴍᴏɴɢ ᴀʟʟ ᴘᴇʀsᴏɴs ʟɪᴠɪɴɢ ᴡɪᴛʜ VIH ɪɴғᴇᴄᴛɪᴏɴ, ᴀɴ ᴇsᴛɪᴍᴀᴛᴇᴅ 647,700 (54%) ᴡᴇʀᴇ MSM (3). Oғ ᴛʜᴇsᴇ MSM, ᴀɴ ᴇsᴛɪᴍᴀᴛᴇᴅ 84% ʀᴇᴄᴇɪᴠᴇᴅ ᴀ ᴅɪᴀɢɴᴏsɪs ᴏғ VIH, 38% ᴡᴇʀᴇ ɪɴ VIH ᴍᴇᴅɪᴄᴀʟ ᴄᴀʀᴇ, ᴀɴᴛɪ -n ʀᴇᴛʀᴏ -n ᴠɪʀᴀʟ ᴛʜᴇʀᴀᴘʏ ᴡᴀs ᴘʀᴇsᴄʀɪʙᴇᴅ ғᴏʀ 35%, ᴀɴᴅ 30% ᴀᴄʜɪᴇᴠᴇᴅ ᴠɪʀᴀʟ sᴜᴘᴘʀᴇssɪᴏɴ. |