• Daniel Fernando.
• Dept. of Anthropology, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, CUNY, 524 West 59th Street, New York, NY 10019, United States. Electronic address: dfernando@jjay.cuny.edu.
• Prev Med. 2017 Dec 1; 105: 368369368-369.

AbstractThis is a letter to the editor on a Short Communication by a group of CDC researchers. It speaks of the importance of bisexual behavior in the transmission of HIV to heterosexual females. In this letter, I demonstrate that the differences between MSM only and MSMW have been discussed by CDC researchers and CDC collaborative researchers previously, although the CDC continues to maintain its original risk category classification, which undermines the role of bisexuals in HIV transmission to heterosexual females. In the CDC risk category classification where men who have sex with men and women (MSMW) are subsumed under the MSM category, it is impossible to know the extent of HIV transmission from MSMW to heterosexual women. Since more Blacks and Hispanics admit to bisexual behavior, the original CDC risk category classification has had a more serious adverse impact on minority communities. I argue that the CDC should change its risk category classification to include MSM only and MSMW as well as women who have sex with men only (WSM) and women who have sex with men and women (WSMW), even at this late stage.Copyright © 2017 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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