Persistent high-risk sexual behaviour in men who have sex with men after symptomatic lymphogranuloma venereum proctitis

2007 ◽  
Vol 18 (10) ◽  
pp. 715-716 ◽  
Author(s):  
R R van den Bos ◽  
W I van der Meijden
Keyword(s):  
High Risk ◽  
Sexual Behaviour ◽  
Sexually Transmitted Disease ◽  
Transmitted Disease ◽  
Lymphogranuloma Venereum ◽  
Patient Records ◽  
Sexually Transmitted ◽  
High Risk Sexual Behaviour ◽  
Risk Sexual Behaviour ◽  
Sex With Men

In this brief paper, we report persistent high-risk sexual behaviour in a group of men who have sex with men (MSM) after symptomatic lymphogranuloma venereum (LGV) proctitis. Patient records were retrospectively studied and the number of newly acquired sexually transmitted disease (STD) was investigated. It was concluded that a high number of MSM (65%) contracted an STD relatively shortly after the diagnosis of LGV proctitis.

scholarly journals Double trouble: modelling the impact of low risk perception and high-risk sexual behaviour on chlamydia transmission

2018 ◽  
Vol 15 (141) ◽  
pp. 20170847 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daphne A. van Wees ◽  
Chantal den Daas ◽  
Mirjam E. E. Kretzschmar ◽  
Janneke C. M. Heijne
Keyword(s):  
Risk Perception ◽  
High Risk ◽  
Mathematical Models ◽  
Sexual Behaviour ◽  
Sexually Transmitted ◽  
Pair Model ◽  
High Risk Sexual Behaviour ◽  
Testing Uptake ◽  
Risk Sexual Behaviour ◽  
The Impact

Risk perception plays an important role in testing behaviour for sexually transmitted infections, but is rarely included in mathematical models exploring the impact of testing. We explored the impact of incorporating sexual behaviour (SB), risk perception (RP) and differential testing uptake in SB–RP groups on prevalence, using chlamydia as an example. We developed a pair model with a susceptible–infected–susceptible structure representing heterosexuals aged 16–26 years. The effect of testing on chlamydia prevalence was compared between a model with only SB (SB model) and a model with SB and RP (SB–RP model). In the SB–RP model, a scenario without differential testing uptake in SB–RP groups was compared to scenarios with differential testing uptake in SB–RP groups. Introducing testing into the SB–RP model resulted in a slightly smaller reduction in chlamydia prevalence (−38.0%) as compared to the SB model (−40.4%). In the SB–RP model, the scenario without differential testing uptake in SB–RP groups overestimated the reduction in chlamydia prevalence (with 4.8%), especially in the group with high SB and low RP (19.8%). We conclude that mathematical models incorporating RP and differential testing uptake in SB–RP groups improve the impact assessment of testing and treatment on chlamydia prevalence.

The collectivity of sexual behaviour

2006 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 151-156 ◽  
Author(s):  
D A Cohen ◽  
T A Farley ◽  
K Mason ◽  
G Ridgeway
Keyword(s):  
High Risk ◽  
Sexual Behaviour ◽  
Sodium Intake ◽  
Sex Partners ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Sexually Transmitted ◽  
High Risk Sexual Behaviour ◽  
Collective Phenomenon ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Risk Sexual Behaviour

Human behaviour can be viewed as a collective phenomenon, determined partly by the group to which individuals belong. Collectivities of health behaviour have been found in alcohol consumption, hypertension, obesity, mental illness, and sodium intake in that the average level of risk is associated with the percentage of individuals at extremely high risk. The goal was to investigate whether sexual behaviour may be collectively determined. A cross-sectional US survey was conducted. Across 45 states, the mean number of lifetime sex partners excluding persons with >10, >20, and >40 lifetime partners was strongly associated with the proportion with >10, > 20 and > 40 lifetime sex partners, respectively, among men and women. Sexual activity may represent collectively determined behaviour. If so, interventions to reduce high-risk sexual behaviour to prevent HIV or sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) may be more effective if they address the entire population, rather than target only those at the extremes of risk.

A case report of proctitis associated with Mycoplasma genitalium in a man who has sex with men

2019 ◽  
Vol 30 (6) ◽  
pp. 623-625
Author(s):  
Anna Isabel Lázaro-Simó ◽  
Juliana Esperalba-Esquerra ◽  
Martí Vall-Mayans
Keyword(s):  
Case Report ◽  
High Risk ◽  
Chlamydia Trachomatis ◽  
Antimicrobial Resistance ◽  
Sexual Behaviour ◽  
Reproductive Tract ◽  
Mycoplasma Genitalium ◽  
High Risk Sexual Behaviour ◽  
Risk Sexual Behaviour ◽  
Sex With Men

Mycoplasma genitalium is an infection of increasing concern due to its potential to cause sequelae in the reproductive tract and the development of antimicrobial resistance. Its role as a cause of proctitis in people with high-risk sexual behaviour has not been properly defined yet but it seems to be less symptomatic than proctitis caused by Chlamydia trachomatis or Neisseria gonorrhoeae. We present a case of a man who has sex with men with proctitis associated with M. genitalium after excluding other infections known to cause STI proctitis.

Gay men who attend sex resorts: a typology associated with high-risk sexual behaviour

2005 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 158-162 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard Crosby ◽  
Laura F Salazar ◽  
Aaron Mettey
Keyword(s):  
High Risk ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Unprotected Sex ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Transmitted Infection ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Sexually Transmitted ◽  
High Risk Sexual Behaviour ◽  
Risk Sexual Behaviour ◽  
Sex With Men

Our objective was to determine a sociodemographic profile (typology) of men for whom a relatively greater number of sex partners was associated with engaging in unprotected anal sex. A cross-sectional survey of 150 men who have sex with men (MSM) attending a large sex resort was conducted. The sex resort was located in the Southeastern United States. Men from 14 states attended the resort and completed an anonymous, self-administered, questionnaire. The typology that emerged showed that the co-occurring risk behaviours (greater number of partners and having unprotected sex) were reported by older men ( P=0.002), men with incomes of at least US$50,000 ( P=0.018), men growing up in rural areas ( P=0.005), men who were not knowingly HIV positive ( P=0.004), and men who had received the full series of vaccinations against hepatitis B ( P=0.029). This typology may be useful for more efficient targeting of prevention and counselling programmes designed to reduce sexually transmitted infection incidence among this high-risk (and understudied) population of MSM.

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