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Jonathan E. Kaplan, MD; Thomas J. Spira, MD; Daniel B. Fishbein, MD
Centers for Disease Control Atlanta

JAMA. 1988;260(19):2836-2837.

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To the Editor. —

Homosexual men in the United States have markedly reduced their high-risk sexual behavior during recent years.^1-3 We have gathered information concerning sexual behavior in a cohort of homosexual men in Atlanta that has been the subject of two previous articles in JAMA.^4,5 Our data include self-reported reasons for changes in sexual behavior.

Seventy-five homosexual men with lymphadenopathy syndrome (LAS) (lymphadenopathy in two or more extrainguinal sites for three or more months), subsequently shown to be seropositive for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), were enrolled in a prospective study in Atlanta in 1982 and 1983. At enrollment, all men were questioned about sexual behavior during the two-year period before onset of LAS. In 1987, thirty-one of the HIV-seropositive men were interviewed concerning their sexual behavior in the preceding six months. Only data from these 31 HIV-seropositive men are included in this analysis.

On the first questionnaire, . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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