Study done on "men who have sex with men"

Supported by grants from Merck and the National Institutes of Health (NIH/NCRR M01-RR-00079 and UL1 RR024131, to the University of California, San Francisco General Clinical Research Center, where some participants were studied).

Dr. Coutlee reports receiving funding through his institution from Merck Sharp & Dohme and providing expert testimony for GlaxoSmithKline and Qiagen. Dr. Ferris reports receiving funding through his institution, consulting fees and honoraria, and travel support from Merck Sharp & Dohme, serving as a board member for Merck Sharp & Dohme, and receiving consulting fees and honoraria from GlaxoSmithKline. Dr. Giuliano reports serving as a board member and consultant for and receiving grant support and honoraria from Merck Sharp & Dohme. Dr. Goldstone reports receiving grant support, consulting fees, and travel support from Merck Sharp & Dohme, serving as a consultant for and receiving grants and honoraria from Qiagen, receiving grants and travel support from the AIDS Malignancy Consortium, and receiving honoraria for the development of educational presentations and reimbursement for travel, accommodations, and meeting expenses from the American Social Health Association. Dr. Jessen reports receiving travel support from Merck Sharp & Dohme. Dr. Moreira reports receiving grant support through his institution, consulting fees, honoraria, travel support, and fees for review activities from Merck Sharp & Dohme and serving as a board member and consultant for Merck Sharp & Dohme. Dr. Palefsky reports receiving grant support through his institution, travel support, and fees for review activities through his institution from Merck Sharp & Dohme, serving as a board member and consultant and providing expert testimony for Merck Sharp & Dohme and receiving fees for these activities through his institution, serving as a member of the scientific advisory board of Pharmajet and receiving consulting fees for this activity through his institution, and serving as a member of the scientific advisory board of Aura Biosciences, for which he has received stock options. Dr. Stoler reports receiving consulting fees and honoraria through his institution from Merck Sharp & Dohme and serving as a consultant for Roche, Gen Probe, Qiagen, MTM Laboratories, Ventana, and Becton Dickinson. Drs. Garner, Guris, Haupt, Marshall, and Vuocolo and Mr. Radley report being employees of Merck Sharp & Dohme and owning stock or stock options. No other potential conflict of interest relevant to this article was reported.