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Recent sexual behaviour and <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">HIV<\/jats:styled-content> transmission beliefs in the context of <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">ART<\/jats:styled-content> were also assessed. The primary interest was in condomless sex with serodifferent partners (<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">CLS<\/jats:styled-content>\u2010<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">D<\/jats:styled-content>) in the past two months.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>A total of 4601 of 4685 <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">HIV<\/jats:styled-content>\u2010positive participants (98%) completed the questionnaire [2559 men who have sex with men (<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">MSM<\/jats:styled-content>), 803 heterosexual men and 1239 women]. 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Seventeen per cent (767 of 4601) reported <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">CLS<\/jats:styled-content>\u2010<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">D<\/jats:styled-content>; 20% of <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">MSM<\/jats:styled-content> compared with 10% of heterosexual men and 14% of women. <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">MSM<\/jats:styled-content> were also more likely to report multiple <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">CLS<\/jats:styled-content>\u2010<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">D<\/jats:styled-content> partners. 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