HIV Serodisclosure and Sexual Behavior During International Travel.
When traveling internationally, HIV serodisclosure and knowledge of partners' serostatus were hampered by the lack of a common language. Condomless anal intercourse was less likely to occur in partnerships where HIV serostatus was not disclosed or known. Taken together, these observations suggest that language barriers may affect sexual decision making.
From the *Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco; †Gladstone Institute of Virology and Immunology; ‡Department of Public Health, San Francisco; and §Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California, San Francisco, CA.
Hong-Ha M
HM
Truong
Yea-Hung
YH
Chen
Michael
M
Grasso
Tyler
T
Robertson
Luke
L
Tao
Robin
R
Fatch
Alberto
A
Curotto
Willi
W
McFarland
Robert M
RM
Grant
Olga
O
Reznick
H Fisher
HF
Raymond
Wayne T
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Steward
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003144:Communication Barriers; D003657:Decision Making; D003710:Demography; D005260:Female; D006678:HIV / Q000276:immunology* / Q000502:physiology; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000635:transmission*; D006679:HIV Seropositivity; D018451:Homosexuality, Male; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D057566:Self Report; D012725:Sexual Behavior; D012747:Sexual Partners; D063106:Transgender Persons; D014195:Travel; D055815:Young Adult