Risk factors associated with chlamydia and gonorrhoea infection among female sex workers in two Mexico–USA border cities
Year: 2010
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: Female sex workers (FSWs) aged ≥18 years without known HIV infection living in Tijuana and Ciudad Juarez, Mexico who had recent unprotected sex with clients underwent interviews and testing for chlamydia and gonorrhoea using nucleic acid amplification. Correlates of each infection were identified with logistic regression. Among 798 FSWs, prevalence of chlamydia and gonorrhoea was 13.0% and 6.4%, respectively. Factors independently associated with chlamydia were younger age, working in Tijuana versus Ciudad Juarez and recent methamphetamine injection. Factors independently associated with gonorrhoea were working in Tijuana versus Ciudad Juarez, using illegal drugs before or during sex, and having a recent male partner who injects drugs. Chlamydia and gonorrhoea infection were more closely associated with FSWs' drug use behaviours and that of their sexual partners than with sexual behaviours. Prevention should focus on subgroups of FSWs and their partners who use methamphetamine and who inject drugs.
Authors: O Loza, S A Strathdee, G A Martinez, R Lozada, V D Ojeda, H Staines-Orozco, T L Patterson
Language: English
Topic: Sex work and related issues
Subfield: Sociology and Political Science
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
Awards: G1289552762, Mexican Female Migration, Substance Use, Sex Work, and HIV Risks in Tijuana, Intervention for Female Workers in Mexico, Impact of Drug Policy Reform on the HIV Risk Environment among IDUs in Tijuana, G7156834745, G8183298377, Epidemiology of HIV and Hepatitis C Among Injecting Drug Users in Tijuana, Epidemiologic Study on Changing HIV Risks Among FSW-IDUs on the Mexico-US Border
OpenAlex ID: W2009482150