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Christopher S. Murrill, PhD, MPH, Kai-lih Liu, PhD, MPH, Vincent Guilin, BA, Edgar Rivera Colón, MA, Laura Dean, EdM, Lisa A. Buckley, MPH, Travis Sanchez, DVM, MPH, Teresa J. Finlayson, PhD, MPH and Lucia V. Torian, PhD

At the time of the study, Christopher S. Murrill, Kai-lih Liu, Lisa A. Buckley, and Lucia V. Torian were with the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, New York, NY. Vincent Guilin was with Gay Men’s Health Crisis, New York. Edgar Rivera Colón and Laura Dean were with the Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York. Travis Sanchez and Teresa J. Finlayson are with the Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA.

Correspondence: Requests for reprints should be sent to Christopher S. Murrill, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, 346 Broadway, Room 701, New York, NY 10013 (e-mail: cmurrill{at}health.nyc.gov).

Objectives. We measured HIV seroprevalence and associated risk factors among persons in New York City’s house ball community.

Methods. In 2004 we conducted a venue-based risk-behavior survey and HIV testing in the house ball community.

Results. Of the 504 study participants, 67% were male, 14% female, and 18% transgender. Mean age was 24 years (range=15–52 years); 55% were Black, and 40% were Latino. More than 85% of participants had previously been tested for HIV, although only 60% had been tested in the previous 12 months. Of the 84 (17%) persons who tested positive for HIV in our study, 61 (73%) were unaware of their HIV status. A logistic regression analysis on data from 371 participants who had had a male sexual partner in the previous 12 months showed that HIV-infected participants were more likely than were HIV-negative participants to be Black, to be older than 29 years, and not to have been tested for HIV in the previous 12 months.

Conclusions. Culturally specific community-level prevention efforts are warranted to reduce risk behaviors and increase the frequency of HIV testing in New York City’s house ball community.

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