Social and structural factors associated with HIV infection among female sex workers who inject drugs in the Mexico-US border region.

Social and structural factors associated with HIV infection among female sex workers who inject drugs in the Mexico-US border region.

FSWs who inject drugs (FSW-IDUs) can acquire HIV through high risk sexual and injection behaviors. We studied correlates of HIV infection among FSW-IDUs in northern Mexico, where sex work is quasi-legal and syringes can be legally obtained without a prescription.FSW-IDUs>18 years old who reported...

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Main Authors: Steffanie A Strathdee, Remedios Lozada, Gustavo Martinez, Alicia Vera, Melanie Rusch, Lucie Nguyen, Robin A Pollini, Felipe Uribe-Salas, Leo Beletsky, Thomas L Patterson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-04-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3081836?pdf=render

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