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Front. Microbiol., 03 November 2015

Sec. Virology

Volume 6 - 2015 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2015.01229

Corrigendum: Recreational drug use among individuals living with HIV in Europe: review of the prevalence, comparison with the general population and HIV guidelines recommendations

  • 1. Pharmacy Department, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques Sant Pau, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona Barcelona, Spain

  • 2. Research and Development Unit, Parc Sanitari Sant Joan de Déu, University of Barcelona Barcelona, Spain

  • 3. Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Salud Mental, Instituto de Salud Carlos III Madrid, Spain

  • 4. Department of Preventive Medicine and Epidemiology, Hospital Clinic-IDIBAPS, University of Barcelona Barcelona, Spain

  • 5. ISGlobal, Barcelona Centre for International Health Research (CRESIB), Hospital Clínic - Universitat de Barcelona Barcelona, Spain

  • 6. Pharmacy Department, Hospital del Mar - Parc de Salut Mar Barcelona, Spain

  • 7. Grup de Recerca en HIV i AIDS-IR, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau Barcelona, Spain

Page 7, Discussion Section.

1. “Moreover, recent reports focusing on men who have sex with men (MSM) have highlighted the increase of chemsex, defined as a sexual intercourse under the influence of drugs such as mephedrone, crystal meth, or gamma-hydroxybutyric acid (GHB), taken before or during sex (The EMIS Network, 2013).” (Right, page 7, line 25).

correct to “Moreover, recent reports focusing on men who have sex with men (MSM) showed that 6% consumed drugs typically used at sex parties in the last four weeks (The EMIS Network, 2013).”

2. “The European Men-Who-Have-Sex-With-Men Internet Survey (EMIS) on drug use among MSM across 44 European cities showed a high prevalence of chemsex and slamming in certain MSM groups, so this is a subject to be prioritized in future studies (The EMIS Network, 2013).” (Right, page 7, line 33).

correct to “The European Men-Who-Have-Sex-With-Men Internet Survey (EMIS) showed that MSM who reported recent drug use also hinted at reduced control over sex and sexual risk, and reported more UAI in the same period (The EMIS Network, 2013), so this is a subject to be prioritized in future studies.”

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The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.

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Keywords

recreational drugs, HIV, prevalence, guidelines, recommendations, interactions, medication adherence, transmission risk

Citation

Garin N, Velasco C, De Pourcq JT, Lopez B, Gutierrez MM, Haro JM, Feliu A, Mangues MA and Trilla A (2015) Corrigendum: Recreational drug use among individuals living with HIV in Europe: review of the prevalence, comparison with the general population and HIV guidelines recommendations. Front. Microbiol. 6:1229. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2015.01229

Received

11 September 2015

Accepted

20 October 2015

Published

03 November 2015

Volume

6 - 2015

Edited by

Venkata Subba Rao Atluri, Florida International University, USA

Reviewed by

Bin Su, Université Paris Diderot, France; Paluri Sai Shantanu Rao, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, USA; Narasimha M. Midde, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, USA

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*Correspondence: Noe Garin

This article was submitted to Virology, a section of the journal Frontiers in Microbiology

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