Abstract:Objective To investigate the incidence of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection and HIV influencing factors among men who had sex with men (MSM) in Huaian city. Methods MSM were enrolled by network from 2013 to 2015. HIV information was collected by questionnaire, and the samples were taken from MSM and tested to find HIV seropositve samples. Then these samples were tested with BED HIV IgG capture enzyme immunoassay (BED-CEIA) to find newly-infected samples and the annual HIV incidence was calculated. Compared with the HIV negative cases, the influencing factors were explored by logistic regression. Resluts A total of 1,202 MSM were recruited from 2013 to 2015. HIV recent infectious incidences were 1.81% , 1.89% and 3.18% respectively, and there were no significant differences among the three years. Multiple factor analysis showed that short local residence time (less than 2 years) and syphilis infection were the major risk factors for HIV infection. Conclusions HIV recent infectious incidence among MSM in Huaian is still growing, but is lower than that in other regions. The main risk factors are short local residence time (less than 2 years) and syphilis infection. Powerful prevention and control effort must be made in MSM, and joint surveillance of multiple diseases should be implemented to curb the spread of HIV in this population group.