The Moscow sex market may be an adjustive response of the social system to the economic pressures in Russia. Sex work in Moscow has great potential for disseminating STIs throughout Russia and beyond. Understanding of these issues may enhance the impact of STI prevention programs.

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Modifications to occupation-based screening, including an increased focus on higher risk population and the adoption of more current diagnostic technologies, could help to use prevention resources more effectively.

In Russia, maternal risk factors and perinatal consequences for epidemiologic cases of CS resembled those of clinical cases. Expanding national reporting to include epidemiologic cases would strengthen CS prevention and monitoring.