Prostitution and risk of HIV: male partners of female prostitutes.

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  • S Day
  • H Ward
  • L Perrotta
چکیده

OBJECTIVE To describe risk behaviours for infection with HIV in male sexual partners of female prostitutes. DESIGN A cross sectional study. SETTING Genitourinary medicine clinic, St Mary's Hospital, London. SUBJECTS 112 self identified male sexual partners of female prostitutes: 101 who reported commercial sexual relationships only, five who reported non-commercial relationships only, and six who reported both commercial and non-commercial relationships. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Reported risk behaviours for infection with HIV. RESULTS Of the 40 men who had had previous HIV tests or were tested during the study, two (5%) were infected with HIV. Of the men who would answer the questions, 34/94 reported having sex with other men, 2/105 reported using injected drugs, 8/105 had a history of blood transfusion, 14/108 reported a past history of gonorrhoea, 44/102 reported paying for sex abroad, and 8/92 said that they had also been paid for sex. Of the 55 men who reported paying for vaginal intercourse in the past year, 45 (82%) said that they had always used a condom. In contrast, of the 11 non-paying partners of prostitutes, only two (18%) reported ever using a condom with their partners. CONCLUSIONS Men who have sex with female prostitutes cannot be assumed to be at risk of infection with HIV only by this route: homosexual contact may place them at greater risk. Despite the heterogeneity among male sexual partners of prostitutes, patterns of use of condoms were uniform when they were considered as a reflection of the type of relationship a man had with a female prostitute rather than a consequence of an individual's level of risk.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • BMJ

دوره 307 6900  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 1993