title: Unprotected casual sex equally common with local and Western partners among long-term Dutch travelers to (sub)tropical countries.
abstract: We studied casual sexual partnerships and consistency of condom use among Dutch long-term, travelers to (sub)tropical regions. Forty-two percent of casual sexual partnerships (n = 192/462) were with local partners, of which 39% were unprotected. Fewer travelers to Sub-Saharan Africa had casual sex, but partner's ethnicity was not significant in predicting condom use.
authors.affiliation: From the *Department of Infectious Diseases, Public Health Service (GGD) Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands; and †Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Tropical Medicine and AIDS, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam. the Netherlands.
authors.forename: Jane
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Whelan
authors.forename: Sanne
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Belderok
authors.forename: Anneke
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: van den Hoek
authors.forename: Gerard
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Sonder
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017954:Africa South of the Sahara / Q000453:epidemiology; D001208:Asia / Q000453:epidemiology; D001210:Asia, Southeastern / Q000453:epidemiology; D017691:Caribbean Region / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009426:Netherlands / Q000453:epidemiology; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012747:Sexual Partners; D012749:Sexually Transmitted Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000635:transmission; D013020:South America / Q000453:epidemiology; D013997:Time Factors; D014195:Travel; D047568:Unsafe Sex / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*