title: Risk behaviour and sexually transmitted diseases are on the rise in gay men, but what is happening with HIV?
abstract: Increases in sexually transmitted diseases and sexual risk behaviour among men who have sex with men in the Western world have raised concern with regard to the HIV/AIDS epidemic in this group. The aim of this review is to give an overview of possible explanations for these alarming increases and to indicate what impact they might have on this epidemic.
authors.affiliation: Cluster of Infectious Diseases, AIDS Research, Municipal Health Service Amsterdam, Nieuwe Achtergracht 100, PO Box 2200, 1000 CE Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Ineke G
authors.initials: IG
authors.lastname: Stolte
authors.forename: Roel A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Coutinho
mesh_terms: D023241:Antiretroviral Therapy, Highly Active; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000635:transmission; D006716:Homosexuality / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet; D008297:Male; D015995:Prevalence; D012309:Risk-Taking; D021841:Safe Sex / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012725:Sexual Behavior / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012749:Sexually Transmitted Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000635:transmission