title: Risk of HIV infection attributable to oral sex among men who have sex with men and in the population of men who have sex with men.
abstract: We examined HIV infection and estimated the population-attributable risk percentage (PAR%) for HIV associated fellatio among men who have sex with other men (MSM). Among 239 MSM who practised exclusively fellatio in the past 6 months, 50% had three partners, 98% unprotected; and 28% had an HIV-positive partner; no HIV was detected. PAR%, based on the number of fellatio partners, ranges from 0.10% for one partner to 0.31% for three partners. The risk of HIV attributable to fellatio is extremely low.
authors.affiliation: Center for AIDS Prevention Studies, Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.
authors.forename: Kimberly
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Page-Shafer
authors.forename: Caroline H
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Shiboski
authors.forename: Dennis H
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Osmond
authors.forename: James
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Dilley
authors.forename: Willi
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: McFarland
authors.forename: Steve C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Shiboski
authors.forename: Jeffrey D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Klausner
authors.forename: Joyce
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Balls
authors.forename: Deborah
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Greenspan
authors.forename: John S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Greenspan
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000635:transmission*; D018451:Homosexuality, Male; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012725:Sexual Behavior