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Willingness of community-recruited men who have sex with men in Washington, DC to use long-acting injectable HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis

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  • Matthew E Levy
  • Rudy Patrick
  • Jonjelyn Gamble
  • Anthony Rawls
  • Jenevieve Opoku
  • Manya Magnus
  • Michael Kharfen
  • Alan E Greenberg
  • Irene Kuo

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Objectives: Clinical trials are currently investigating the safety and efficacy of long-acting injectable (LAI) agents as HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP). Using National HIV Behavioral Surveillance data, we assessed the self-reported willingness of men who have sex with men (MSM) to use LAI PrEP and their preference for LAI versus daily oral PrEP. Methods: In 2014, venue-based sampling was used to recruit MSM aged ≥18 years in Washington, DC. Participants completed an interviewer-administered survey followed by voluntary HIV testing. This analysis included MSM who self-reported negative/unknown HIV status at study entry. Correlates of being “very likely” to use LAI PrEP and preferring it to daily oral PrEP were identified using multivariable logistic regression. Results: Of 314 participants who self-reported negative/unknown HIV status, 50% were

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  • Matthew E Levy & Rudy Patrick & Jonjelyn Gamble & Anthony Rawls & Jenevieve Opoku & Manya Magnus & Michael Kharfen & Alan E Greenberg & Irene Kuo, 2017. "Willingness of community-recruited men who have sex with men in Washington, DC to use long-acting injectable HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 12(8), pages 1-14, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pone00:0183521
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0183521
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