Objective The aims of the study were i) to categorize female sex workers (FSW) according to
socio-anthropologic criteria in Bangui; ii) to examine the association between a selection of …

Classification of professional and non-professional female sex workers (FSWs) into different
categories, never previously reported in the Central African Republic (CAR), may be useful …

Introduction: female sex workers (FSWs) are considered a high-risk group for acquiring HIV
infection due to their HIV prevalence estimated to be 10-20 times higher than in woman in …

With two million new HIV infections annually, ongoing investigations of risk factors for HIV
acquisition is critical to guide ongoing HIV prevention efforts. We conducted a prospective …

To determine HIV prevalence among female sex workers in the Gambia and HIV risk factors,
we accrued participants (n= 251) through peer-referral and venue-based recruitment. Blood …

More than three decades after the first reported case of AIDS (1983), Africa continues to
experience unacceptable levels of new HIV infections. East Africa and Southern Africa …

Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) prevalence is often high among female sex workers
(FSWs) in sub-Saharan Africa. Understanding the dynamics of HIV infection in this key …

Introduction In South Africa, the rate of HIV in the sex worker (SW) population is exceedingly
high, but critical gaps exist in our understanding of SWs and the factors that make them …

Sex work remains an important contributor to HIV transmission within early, advanced and
regressing epidemics in sub-Saharan Africa, but its social and behavioral underpinnings …

Our objective was to determine the prevalence and risk factors for HIV infection among
female sex workers in Johannesburg, South Africa. A cross-sectional survey of female sex …