Changing the Use of HIV Pre-exposure Prophylaxis Among Men Who Have Sex With Men During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Melbourne, Australia

Eric PF Chow; Jane S Hocking; Jason J Ong; Tina Schmidt; Andrew Buchanan; Elena Rodriguez; Kate Maddaford; Prital Patel; Christopher K Fairley

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Changing the Use of HIV Pre-exposure Prophylaxis Among Men Who Have Sex With Men During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Melbourne, Australia

Eric PF Chow, Jane S Hocking, Jason J Ong, Tina Schmidt, Andrew Buchanan, Elena Rodriguez, Kate Maddaford, Prital Patel, Christopher K Fairley

Open Forum Infectious Diseases | Oxford University Press | Published : 2020

DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofaa275

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Abstract

We surveyed 204 men who have sex with men (MSM) who were pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) users. One in 4 daily PrEP users stopped taking PrEP during the COVID-19 pandemic, and 5% switched to on-demand PrEP. Most men reduced PrEP use because they stopped having casual sex and reduced the number of casual partners during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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E.P.EC. and C.K.F. are supported by an Australian National Health and Medical Research Council (NIIMRC) Investigator Grant (GNT1172873 and GNT1172900, respectively). J.S.H. is supported by an NHMRC Senior Research Fellowship (GNT1136117). J.J.O. is supported by an NHRMC Early Career Fellowship (APP1104781).