Researchers from the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health say that the number of HIV-positive men in the US who have sex with both men and women is likely to be equal to the number of HIV-positive men who only have sex with women.
Their research, presented at the American Public Health Association’s 141st Annual Meeting and Exposition in Boston, MA, is thought to challenge the “popular assumption” that men who are bisexual are predominantly responsible for transmitting HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) to female partners.
At present, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has no data detailing HIV prevalence within bisexual populations in the US, but the researchers note the CDC does hold data on HIV prevalence within homosexual and heterosexual populations.
Honor Whiteman
Medical News Today
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