Prevalence of and factors mediating HIV infection among sex workers in Lisbon, Portugal: the 5-year experience of a community organisation

Sex Transm Infect. 2014 Sep;90(6):497. doi: 10.1136/sextrans-2014-051523.

Authors

André Almeida¹, Ana Brasileiro², Joana Costa³, Mónica Eusébio⁴, Ricardo Fernandes³

Affiliations

¹ Positivo Organisation, Lisbon, Portugal Department of Medicine 4, Central Lisbon Hospital Centre, Lisbon, Portugal.
² Positivo Organisation, Lisbon, Portugal Department of Dermatovenereology, Central Lisbon Hospital Centre, Lisbon, Portugal.
³ Positivo Organisation, Lisbon, Portugal.
⁴ Centro de Malária e Outras Doenças Tropicais, Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal.

PMID: 25118323
DOI: 10.1136/sextrans-2014-051523

No abstract available

Keywords: COMMERCIAL SEX; HIV; HIV TESTING.

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Adult
Age Factors
Alcoholism / epidemiology
Emigration and Immigration / statistics & numerical data*
Female
HIV Infections / epidemiology*
Humans
Male
Organizations
Portugal / epidemiology
Prevalence
Retrospective Studies
Risk Factors
Sex Workers / statistics & numerical data*
Substance-Related Disorders / epidemiology*
Transgender Persons / statistics & numerical data