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Record 1 2023-03-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sexology
  • General Medicine, Hygiene and Health
CONT

The term "men who have sex with men" (MSM) refers to all men who have sex with other men, regardless of how they identify themselves (gay, bisexual, or heterosexual).

CONT

Because of greater societal stresses, lack of emotional support, and practice of unsafe sex, men who have sex with men are at increased risk for sexually transmitted diseases (including human immunodeficiency virus infection), anal cancer, psychologic and behavioral disorders, drug abuse, and eating disorders.

OBS

man who has sex with men: term usually used in its plural form "men who have sex with men."

Key term(s)
  • men who have sex with men

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sexologie
  • Médecine générale, hygiène et santé
CONT

Les hommes ayant des relations sexuelles avec d'autres hommes (HARSAH) (y compris les gais et les bisexuels) forment toujours le groupe le plus touché par le VIH/sida. [...] Au cours des dernières années, il y a également eu un accroissement du nombre d'HARSAH qui ont contracté d'autres infections transmises sexuellement telles que la syphilis.

CONT

Des souches de C. [Chlamydia] trachomatis responsables de lymphogranulomatose vénérienne (LGV) ont fait leur apparition en Europe et en Amérique du Nord, surtout dans des échantillons rectaux des hommes ayant des relations sexuelles avec d'autres hommes (HARSAH).

OBS

homme ayant des relations sexuelles avec d'autres hommes; homme qui a des relations sexuelles avec d'autres hommes : termes habituellement utilisés au pluriel.

Key term(s)
  • hommes ayant des relations sexuelles avec d'autres hommes
  • hommes qui ont des relations sexuelles avec d'autres hommes

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