Social and Structural Factors Associated with HIV Infection among Female Sex Workers Who Inject Drugs in the Mexico-US Border Region

BACKGROUND: FSWs who inject drugs (FSW-IDUs) can acquire HIV through high risk sexual and injection behaviors. We studied correlates of HIV infection among FSW-IDUs in northern Mexico, where sex work is quasi-legal and syringes can be legally obtained without a prescription. METHODS: FSW-IDUs>18...

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Main Authors: Strathdee, Steffanie A., Lozada, Remedios, Martinez, Gustavo, Vera, Alicia, Rusch, Melanie, Nguyen, Lucie, Pollini, Robin A., Uribe-Salas, Felipe, Beletsky, Leo, Patterson, Thomas L.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Public Library of Science 2011
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3081836/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21541349
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0019048
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