AEGiS-11IAC: Cohort of men who have sex with men in Belo Horizonte, Brazil: some characteristics of the initial study group.

11th International AIDS Conference


Vancouver, British Columbia — July 7-12, 1996

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Cohort of men who have sex with men in Belo Horizonte, Brazil: some characteristics of the initial study group.

Int Conf AIDS 1996 Jul 7-12; 11:456 (abstract no. Pub.C.1115)
Oliveira EL, Greco MJ, Fonseca JJ, Oliveira MR, Domingues RC, Greco DB, Antunes CM; Minas Gerais AIDS Vaccine Center, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil. Fax: 55-31-224.8801.

OBJECTIVE: Recruitment for an open cohort of 500 male homo/bisexual participants, 18-59 years, was initiated in October/94 to (1) estimate HIV incidence; (2) evaluate preventive intervention strategies and (3) prepare for future vaccine trials.

METHODS: Participants are followed through psycho-social interviews, clinical and lab examinations every 6-months.

RESULTS: Of the 201 participants enrolled, 6 were considered lost: 3 on the first and on the second round (6 months) of interview and clinical/lab examinations. One seroconversion has been observed up to this date. Preliminary analysis (157 subjects) showed: (1) Recruitment strategies: "snow ball" (24.2%), newspaper ad (22.1%) and pamphlets (18.4%) were the more efficacious techniques; (2) Lab test: including CD4/CD8, were within normal range; (3) Psycho-social interview, with questions addressing sexual orientation and practices, alcohol and drug abuse, HIV infection knowledge and HIV vaccine information: (a) mean age 25.3 years; (b) race: White (44.7%), Negro (7.9%) and Mullato (47.4%); (c) education: college (29.6%), senior high/technical (42.7%) and junior high/elementary (27.6%); (d) civil status: (a) single (96.7%); (e) income: 1-3 Brazilian minimun wage BMW (33.1%), 3-6 BMW (31.1%), 6-10 BMW (11.9%) and 10+ BMW (15.2%); (f) number of sexual partners in the last six months: 0-5 (75.6%), 6-10 (10.4%) and 10+ (14.0%).

CONCLUSIONS: These results showed the cohort, when compared to the Belo Horizonte population, to belong to a higher socio-economic class. An attempt is being made to recruit subject from other social brackets, who may present different HIV risk behavior.

Keywords: AEGIS, Bisexuality, Coitus, Risk-Taking, Sexual Partners, HIV Infections, AIDS Vaccines, Sex Behavior, Interviews, Incidence, Crack Cocaine, Brazil, Human, Male, epidemiology, ICA11KWDaegis,bisexuality,coitus,risk-taking,sexualpartners,hivinfections,aidsvaccines,sexbehavior,interviews,incidence,crackcocaine,brazil,human,male,epidemiology,ica11

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