| male sex workers in moscow, russia: a pilot study of demographics, substance use patterns, and prevalence of hiv-1 and sexually transmitted infections. | the russian federation has been undergoing a concentrated epidemic of hiv-1 with high rates of infection among injecting drug users. less is known about the relative risk and contribution to the country's hiv epidemic by other at-risk populations including sex workers and men who have sex with men. the goals of this project were to explore demographic characteristics, substance use patterns, and estimate the prevalence of sexually transmitted infections (stis) and high-risk behaviors among male ... | 2010 | 20390488 |
| anal human papillomavirus and hiv: a cross-sectional study among men who have sex with men in moscow, russia, 2012-2013. | anal human papillomavirus (hpv) is prevalent among men who have sex with men (msm), but has not been studied in the russian federation. a cross-sectional survey and hpv genotyping were conducted among hiv seropositive (n=58) and seronegative msm (n=65)in moscow. multivariable logistic regression was performed to identify correlates of infection with oncogenic hpv genotypes 16 and/or 18 (hpv 16/18). forty per cent (49/124) of all msm were infected with at least one anal hpv genotype, 31.5% (39/12 ... | 2015 | 25953132 |