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In Chisinau and Balti, 188 and 209, respectively, men who reported having anal or oral sex in the last six months with another man, aged \u226516 years were recruited into a study in 2010 using respondent-driven sampling methods. MSM reported having multiple male and female partners and inconsistent condom use. In Chisinau, 2% of MSM were HIV seropositive, 3.7% had antibodies to hepatitis C (HCV), 5.7% had antibodies to hepatitis B (HBV) and 12.1% had syphilis. In Balti, less than 1% of MSM were HIV seropositive, 1.2% had antibodies to HCV, 3.2% had antibodies to HBV and only 0.5% had syphilis. MSM who used a condom at last anal sex with a man were less likely to reside in Chisinau, to have casual sex partners and to have had an HIV test in the last year and were more likely to know where to get an HIV test. Although HIV prevalence was low, MSM practice a number of risky sexual behaviours that may heighten the risk of further HIV transmission in this population and to the wider population.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1177\/0956462412472808","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2013,6,15]],"date-time":"2013-06-15T20:08:49Z","timestamp":1371326929000},"page":"357-364","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/sage-journals-update-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":8,"title":["HIV, hepatitis and syphilis prevalence and correlates of condom use during anal sex among men who have sex with men in the Republic of Moldova"],"prefix":"10.1177","volume":"24","author":[{"given":"L","family":"Zohrabyan","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"UNAIDS Regional Support Team, Moscow, Russia"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"L","family":"Johnston","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"University of California, San Francisco, Global Health Sciences, USA"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"O","family":"Scutelniciuc","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"UNAIDS Monitoring and Evaluation Adviser for Central Asia, Almaty, Kazakhstan"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"A","family":"Iovita","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"UNAIDS Country, Chisinau, Republic of Moldova"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"L","family":"Todirascu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"National Center for Health Management, Chisinau, Republic of Moldova"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"T","family":"Costin","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"National Center for Health Management, Chisinau, Republic of Moldova"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"V","family":"Plesca","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"National Center for Health Management, Chisinau, Republic of Moldova"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"T","family":"Cotelnic-Harea","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"National Center for Health Management, Chisinau, Republic of Moldova"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"G","family":"Ionascu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"UNAIDS Country, Chisinau, Republic of Moldova"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"179","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2013,6,14]]},"reference":[{"key":"bibr1-0956462412472808","unstructured":"National Bureau of Statistics.\n                      Population of the Republic of Moldova by Age, Gender and Administrative Units as of 1st of January 2012, Statistics Compilation\n                      . 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