From the ∗Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
†Center for Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS
‡University of Alabama School of Medicine, Birmingham, AL
§Department of Population Health Science
¶Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS
∥Department of Health Care Organization and Policy, School of Public Health, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
This work was presented (in part) at the 2019 STI & HIV World Congress in Vancouver, Canada on July 14 to 17, 2019, as a poster entitled “Privacy and Technology for Young Black Men Who Have Sex with Men in the Southern United States for Sexual Health Care and Research” (poster 856). This work was accepted for oral presentation at the 39th Annual Gay and Lesbian Medical Association Annual Conference on LGBTQ Health (virtual), Concurrent Session IV, on September 24, 2021.
Conflict of Interest: C.A.M. has received research grant support from NIH/NIAID and Lupin Pharmaceuticals, Inc. serves as a consultant for Abbott Molecular, Lupin Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Cepheid, and BioFire Diagnostics; receives honoraria from Elsevier, Abbott Molecular, Cepheid, Becton Dickinson, Roche Diagnostics, and Lupin Pharmaceuticals, Inc. L.A.M. received honoraria for his role as scientific consultant to Gilead Sciences, ViiV Healthcare, Roche, and Merck. L.A.M. received research grants from Gilead Sciences, ViiV Healthcare/GSK, Janssen, Binx Health (Atlas Genetics), Becton Dickinson and Company, Rheonix, Click Diagnostics, Roche, Evofem, Westat, and Lupin. The remaining authors declare no conflicts of interest.
Sources of Funding: This work was supported by the UAB Center for AIDS Research [P30AI027767-13 to E.F.E.], a UAB STI CRC Mentored Development Research Award [U19AI113212 to E.F.E.], and the Agency of Healthcare Research and Quality [T32HS013852 to O.T.V.G.].
Correspondence: Olivia T. Van Gerwen, MD, MPH, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 703 19th St South, ZRB 218A, Birmingham, AL 35233. E-mail: [email protected].
Received for publication July 7, 2021, and accepted September 2, 2021.
