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- Title
Characterizing Men Who Have Sex with Transgender Women in Lima, Peru: Sexual Behavior and Partnership Profiles.
- Authors
Long, Jessica E.; Ulrich, Angela; White, Edward; Dasgupta, Sayan; Cabello, Robinson; Sanchez, Hugo; Lama, Javier R.; Duerr, Ann
- Abstract
HIV prevalence is high among transgender women (TW), but how HIV is transmitted to this population is not well understood. This analysis aims to characterize sexual partners of TW (PTW) to understand how their behavior contributes to HIV risk among TW. We examined baseline data from TW, PTW, and men who have sex with men (MSM) from a treatment-as-prevention study in Lima, Peru. Individual and partnership characteristics were compared across groups, and Poisson regression was used to calculate prevalence ratios for associations between sexual concurrency and potential correlates. We found that 81% of PTW had no cisgender male partners. Prevalence of alcohol dependency, concurrency, and condomless anal intercourse was high and HIV testing was low compared to the other groups. Our results suggest that PTW are a distinct population from MSM and TW, engage in behavior associated with HIV transmission, and are likely not well reached by HIV prevention interventions.
- Subjects
PERU; HIV infection risk factors; ALCOHOLISM; POISSON distribution; REGRESSION analysis; RISK-taking behavior; HUMAN sexuality; ANAL sex; DISEASE prevalence; MEN who have sex with men; SEXUAL partners
- Publication
AIDS & Behavior, 2020, Vol 24, Issue 3, p914
- ISSN
1090-7165
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10461-019-02590-w