Triggers of Change in Sexual Behavior Among People With HIV: The Swiss U U Statement and COVID-19 Compared

Kalongo Hamusonde; Dunja Nicca; Huldrych F Gnthard; Marcel Stckle; Katharine E A Darling; Alexandra Calmy; Enos Bernasconi; David Haerry; Patrick Schmid; Roger D Kouyos; Andri Rauch; Luisa Salazar-Vizcaya; Swiss HIV Cohort Study

doi:10.1093/infdis/jiac459

Triggers of Change in Sexual Behavior Among People With HIV: The Swiss U U Statement and COVID-19 Compared

J Infect Dis. 2023 Feb 1;227(3):407-411. doi: 10.1093/infdis/jiac459.

Authors

Collaborators

Swiss HIV Cohort Study:
I Abela, K Aebi-Popp, A Anagnostopoulos, M Battegay, E Bernasconi, D L Braun, H C Bucher, A Calmy, M Cavassini, A Ciuffi, G Dollenmaier, M Egger, L Elzi, J Fehr, J Fellay, H Furrer, C A Fux, H F Günthard, A Hachfeld, D Haerry, B Hasse, H H Hirsch, M Hoffmann, I Hösli, M Huber, D Jackson-Perry, C R Kahlert, L Kaiser, O Keiser, T Klimkait, R D Kouyos, H Kovari, K Kusejko, N Labhardt, K Leuzinger, B Martinez de Tejada, C Marzolini, K J Metzner, N Müller, J Nemeth, D Nicca, J Notter, P Paioni, G Pantaleo, M Perreau, A Rauch, L Salazar-Vizcaya, P Schmid, R Speck, M Stöckle, P Tarr, A Trkola, G Wandeler, M Weisser, S Yerly

Affiliations

¹ Department of Infectious Diseases, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
² Graduate School of Health Sciences, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
³ Division of Infectious Diseases and Hospital Epidemiology, Cantonal Hospital St Gallen, St Gallen, Switzerland.
⁴ Division of Infectious Diseases and Hospital Epidemiology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
⁵ Institute of Medical Virology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
⁶ Division of Infectious Diseases and Hospital Epidemiology, University Hospital Basel, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
⁷ Service of Infectious Diseases, University Hospital Lausanne, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.
⁸ Division of Infectious Diseases, University Hospital Geneva, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland.
⁹ Division of Infectious Diseases, Ente Ospedaliero Cantonale, University of Southern Switzerland, Lugano, Switzerland.
¹⁰ Positive Council, Zurich, Switzerland.

Abstract

We assessed changes in sexual behavior among people with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) over 20 years. Condom use with stable partners steadily declined from over 90 to 29 since the Swiss U U statement, with similar trajectories between men who have sex with men (MSM) and heterosexuals. Occasional partnership remained higher among MSM compared to heterosexuals even during coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) social distancing.

Keywords: HIV; MSM; Swiss statement; heterosexual; sexual behavior.

The Author(s) 2022. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Infectious Diseases Society of America.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

COVID-19*
HIV
HIV Infections* / epidemiology
Homosexuality, Male
Humans
Male
Sexual Behavior
Sexual Partners
Sexual and Gender Minorities*
Switzerland / epidemiology

Grants and funding

201369/SNSF_/Swiss National Science Foundation/Switzerland