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Table 2 HIV, syphilis and HSV-2 prevalence and BED-CEIA based HIV incidence among men who have sex with men in China, 2012–2013 (N = 4496)

From: High HIV incidence epidemic among men who have sex with men in china: results from a multi-site cross-sectional study

Study sites

Sero-positive number and prevalence (%)

BED-CEIA HIV incidence

HIV(n, %)

Syphilis (n, %)

HSV-2 (n, %)a

Crude incidence (95 % CI)

Adjusted incidenceb (95 % CI)

Kunming

79 (12.50)

35 (5.54)

90 (14.2)

13.7 (9.3-18.1)

12.9 (8.7-17.0)

Shenyang

52 (7.83)

65 (9.79)

98 (16.7)

7.5 (4.4-10.7)

6.9 (4.0-9.8)

Ji’nan

83 (12.30)

78 (11.56)

61 (9.1)

14.8 (10.4-19.2)

14.1 (9.9-18.3)

Changsha

88 (12.77)

57 (8.27)

98 (14.2)

13.4 (9.2-17.7)

12.5 (8.5-16.5)

Zhengzhou

65 (13.92)

30 (6.42)

53 (11.3)

9.1 (4.7-13.4)

7.4 (3.9-11.0)

Nanjing

46 (7.77)

63 (10.64)

64 (10.8)

6.2 (3.1-9.2)

5.4( 2.8-8.1)

Shanghai

31 (3.99)

53 (6.82)

88 (11.3)

3.7 (1.7-5.7)

3.4 (1.6-5.2)

Total

444 (9.88)

381 (8.47)

552 (12.5)

9.7 (8.3-11.1)

8.9 (7.6-10.2)

  1. a81(1.8 %) of the total 4496 participants failed test for HSV-2 antibody for lack of sufficient blood specimens
  2. bSensitivity/specificity adjusted HIV incidence