High-Risk Behaviors for HIV

You have an increased risk for getting HIV if you:

• Are a man who has sex with other men.
• Have multiple sex partners, especially partners who inject drugs.
• Inject drugs or steroids, especially if you share needles, syringes, cookers, or other equipment used to inject drugs.
• Have high-risk partner(s) (a man or woman who has multiple sex partners or injects drugs, or a man who has sex with men).
• Have or have recently had a sexually transmitted infection , such as syphilis or genital herpes .

Having sex with a person who has any of these behaviors also puts you at the same risk for becoming infected with other sexually transmitted infections.