Intravenous drug use, the combination of drugs and sexual activity and HIV infection among gay and bisexual men: the San Fransico men's health study

R. Stall, D. Ostrow

Describes a sizeable subgroup of the AIDS caseload that has not been widely studies, that is, men with hisotires of both male homosexual activity and intravenous drug use. This paper identifies differences and similarities between gay intravenous drug users and gay men with different histories of drug use; examines the relationship between HIV seropositivity and different patterns of drug use; and estimates whether gay intravenous drug users are more likely than other gay men to be of source of continued HIV transmission.