South Asians are least likely of gay British men to have HIV, survey shows

doi:10.1136/bmj.a1182

Published 6 August 2008, doi:10.1136/bmj.a1182
Cite this as: BMJ 2008;337:a1182

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South Asians are least likely of gay British men to have HIV, survey shows

Bob Roehr

¹ Mexico City

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British men of South Asian origin who have sex with men havea significantly lower rate of HIV infection than other ethnicgroups, including white men, the first survey of gay men fromdifferent ethnic groups in the United Kingdom has found.

Jonathan Elford, a researcher at City University in London,who presented preliminary data from the men’s sexual healthsurvey at the 27th international AIDS conference in Mexico City,said the survey had found that rates of HIV infection, behaviour,and experiences can vary significantly by ethnicity.

"Black Caribbean men were as likely as white British men todescribe themselves as gay, whereas black African men were lesslikely to do so," he said.

This finding probably reflected their cultural identity andhow long the men had lived in Britain, said Dr Elford.

Men from minority ethnic groups were more likely than whitemen to describe themselves as bisexual, . . . [Full text of this article]

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