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This paper reports the main preliminary results of a bio-behavioural survey in MSM with a specific focus on HIV prevalence and use of United Nations General Assembly Special Session (UNGASS) indicators in six cities in Southern and Eastern Europe. Time-location sampling (TLS) was used. A total number of 2,356 questionnaires and 2,241 oral fluid samples were collected (invalid samples 4.1%). The data show different socio-demographic patterns across countries regarding age, level of education, living conditions, living area and self-identity. Southern European cities had the highest percentage of people who had tested for HIV and collected the result. More than 50% of respondents in the sample from Barcelona reported having used a condom last time they had anal sex (57.2%), whilst in all other cities this proportion was below 50%. The cities with the highest HIV prevalence in MSM were Barcelona (17.0%) and Verona (11.8%) whilst lower percentages were reported in Bratislava (6.1%), Bucharest (4.6%), Ljubljana (5.1%) and Prague (2.6%). The low prevalence in Eastern European cities is encouraging. However, with the level of high-risk sexual behaviour documented and the lower frequency of HIV test seeking behaviour, there is a clear risk of an increase in HIV transmission.\n<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.2807\/ese.14.48.19427-en","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2017,10,4]],"date-time":"2017-10-04T10:08:15Z","timestamp":1507111695000},"update-policy":"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.2807\/1560-7917.es.crp2020","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":28,"title":["HIV bio-behavioural survey among men who have sex with men in Barcelona, Bratislava, Bucharest, Ljubljana, Prague and Verona, 2008-2009"],"prefix":"10.2807","volume":"14","author":[{"given":"M","family":"Mirandola","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Regional Centre for Health Promotion, ULSS 20 \u2013 Veneto Region, Verona, Italy"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"C","family":"Folch Toda","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Centre for Epidemiological Studies on HIV\/AIDS in Catalonia (CEESCAT), Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Barcelona, Spain"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"I","family":"Krampac","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Regional Public Health and Health Promotion Centre, Maribor, Slovenia"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"I","family":"Nita","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"ACCEPT Association, Bucharest, Romania"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"D","family":"Stanekova","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"National Reference Centre for HIV\/AIDS - Slovak Medical University, Bratislava, Slovakia"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"D","family":"Stehlikova","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"National Institute of Public Health, Prague, Czech Republic"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"I","family":"Toskin","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Monitoring and Evaluation Division, Joint United Nations Programme on HIV\/AIDS (UNAIDS), Geneva, Switzerland"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"L","family":"Gios","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Regional Centre for Health Promotion, ULSS 20 \u2013 Veneto Region, Verona, Italy"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"J P","family":"Foschia","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Regional Centre for Health Promotion, ULSS 20 \u2013 Veneto Region, Verona, Italy"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"M","family":"Breveglieri","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Regional Centre for Health Promotion, ULSS 20 \u2013 Veneto Region, Verona, Italy"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"M","family":"Furegato","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Regional Centre for Health Promotion, ULSS 20 \u2013 Veneto Region, Verona, Italy"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"E","family":"Castellani","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Regional Centre for Health Promotion, ULSS 20 \u2013 Veneto Region, Verona, Italy"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"M G","family":"Bonavina","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Azienda ULSS 20 \u2013 Veneto Region, Verona, Italy"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"family":"the SIALON network","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Members of the SIALON network are listed at the end of the article"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"7995","container-title":["Eurosurveillance"],"original-title":[],"language":"en","deposited":{"date-parts":[[2022,9,15]],"date-time":"2022-09-15T13:29:19Z","timestamp":1663248559000},"score":1,"resource":{"primary":{"URL":"https:\/\/www.eurosurveillance.org\/content\/10.2807\/ese.14.48.19427-en"}},"subtitle":[],"short-title":[],"issued":{"date-parts":[[2009,12,3]]},"references-count":0,"journal-issue":{"issue":"48","published-print":{"date-parts":[[2009,12,3]]}},"URL":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.2807\/ese.14.48.19427-en","relation":{},"ISSN":["1560-7917"],"issn-type":[{"value":"1560-7917","type":"print"}],"subject":[],"published":{"date-parts":[[2009,12,3]]}}}