Physical Distancing Due to COVID-19 Disrupts Sexual Behaviors Among Gay and Bisexual Men in Australia: Implications for Trends in HIV and Other Sexually Transmissible Infections.

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In March 2020, Australian state and federal governments introduced physical distancing measures alongside widespread testing to combat COVID-19. These measures may decrease people's sexual contacts and thus reduce the transmission of HIV and other sexually transmissible infections (STIs). We investigated the impact of physical distancing measures due to COVID-19 on the sexual behavior of gay and bisexual men in Australia.

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Journal ID (iso-abbrev): J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr

Title: Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999)

Publisher: Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)

ISSN (Electronic): 1944-7884

ISSN (Print): 1525-4135

Publication date (Electronic): Nov 01 2020

Volume: 85

Issue: 3

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[1 ] Kirby Institute, UNSW Sydney, Kensington, Australia.

[2 ] Centre for Social Research in Health, UNSW Sydney, Kensington, Australia.

[3 ] National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre (NDARC), UNSW Sydney, Kensington, Australia.

[4 ] Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia.

[5 ] Department of Social and Community Health, School of Population Health, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.

[6 ] Australian Federation of AIDS Organisations (AFAO), Newtown, Australia.

[7 ] ACON Health, New South Wales, Australia.

[8 ] Thorne Harbour Health, Melbourne, Australia.

[9 ] National LGBTI Health Alliance, Sydney, Australia.

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DOI: 10.1097/QAI.0000000000002462

PubMed ID: 32740374

SO-VID: 085772ec-a3f2-4149-a2fa-eb02f8be2532

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