Prevalence of HIV infection among sex workers and features of their risky behavior

Abstract

The prevalence of sexual infection in recent years among people with newly diagnosed HIV infection makes it relevant to study the features of its spread in populations with risky sexual behavior. The purpose of this study was to analyze the prevalence of HIV infection in a cohort of sex workers, so called sex workers (SW), taking into account their bio-behavioral risks in order to adjust prevention programs. In the course of the study, the SR had a higher prevalence of HIV infection than in the General population (4.10 vs. 1.85 %), the age of the first experience of providing sex services, the length of work in the sex business, the number of clients during the working day and week, and some other biopovedenical characteristics of the SW. The greatest HIV prevalence occurred among the SWs aged 40–49 (6.1 %) and 30–39 (5.6 %) years old and among women with experience in commercial sex for 20–25 (21.4 %) years.

Factors that cause contagion and spread of HIV among people from social risk groups

“…In Russia HIV-infection prevalence among CSW remains unknown due to this target population group being almost unavailable for any systemic research. There are results obtained via some sporadic studies; according to them, HIV-infection prevalence among CSW varies from 2.3 % to 20.3 % and is 2-12 times higher than among overall country population [9][10][11][12][13][14][15]. Given all the above stated, our research goal was to examine HIV-infection prevalence among CSW and to determine risk factors that caused their contagion with the infection.…”