HIV-Positive Men Are More Likely to Be Hyper Linked Within College Student Social Network - Northeast China, 2017-2018

Menglong Li; Huichao Wu; Hongmei Yan; Jiawulan Zunong; Hongtao Hui; Hailong Li; Zhenhua Yang; Sten H Vermund; Yifei Hu

doi:10.46234/ccdcw2022.195

HIV-Positive Men Are More Likely to Be Hyper Linked Within College Student Social Network - Northeast China, 2017-2018

China CDC Wkly. 2022 Oct 28;4(43):951-955. doi: 10.46234/ccdcw2022.195.

Authors

Menglong Li¹, Huichao Wu^{1

2}, Hongmei Yan³, Jiawulan Zunong¹, Hongtao Hui⁴, Hailong Li⁴, Zhenhua Yang⁵, Sten H Vermund⁶, Yifei Hu¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Child, Adolescent Health and Maternal Care, School of Public Health, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.
² General Management Office, Xidan Campus, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Beijing, China.
³ Department of HIV/STD Prevention and Control, Heilongjiang Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Harbin City, Heilongjiang Province, China.
⁴ Heilongjiang Kangtong Community, Harbin City, Heilongjiang Province, China.
⁵ School of Computer and Information Engineering, Harbin University of Commerce, Harbin City, Heilongjiang Province, China.
⁶ Dean of the office, Yale School of Public Health, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA.

Abstract

What is already known about this topic?: Men who have sex with men (MSM) bear a disproportionate burden of new human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infections and young MSM demonstrate parallel internet-driven HIV incident infection and dynamic social network.

What is added by this report?: The HIV positive prevalence and incidence among college MSM were 3.8% and 2.9 per 100 person-years, respectively, while these rates were 13.9% and 10.5 per 100 person-years, respectively, among their social contacts. The overall HIV positive prevalence was 7.2% in Northeast China. HIV-positive MSM have comparatively more social contacts than HIV-seronegative MSM.

What are the implications for public health practice?: Hyper-linkages found in app-based social networks play an important role in HIV transmission via risky sexual behavior and suggest options for online intervention to promote HIV prevention.

Keywords: HIV; college students; hyper linkage; social network.

Copyright and License information: Editorial Office of CCDCW, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention 2022.

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