Béa Vuylsteke|Gisèle Semdé|Lazare Sika|Tania Crucitti|Virginie Ettiègne Traoré|Anne Buvé|Marie Laga
High prevalence of HIV and sexually transmitted infections among male sex workers in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire: need for services tailored to their needs
Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde|Institut Universitaire d'Abidjan|Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde|Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde|Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde
h3objectivesh3 assess condom use prevalence sexually transmitted infections sti hiv among male sex workers msw abidjan cte d9ivoire h3methodsh3 crosssectional survey conducted october 2007 january 2008 among msw attending sex worker clinic abidjan short questionnaire administered facetoface interview participants asked provide urine sample sti testing selfcollect transudate gingival mucosa anonymous hiv testing using rapid test rectal swab sti testing taken physician molecular amplification assays performed detection ichlamydia trachomatisi ineisseria gonorrhoeaei itrichomonas vaginalisi h3resultsh3 96 msw participated survey median age 27 years median duration sex work 5 years consistent condom use clients last working day 860 consistent condom use regular partner last week 816 hiv infection detected 500 participants prevalence gonorrhoeaei 128 chlamydia infection present 32 itiivaginalisi 21 study participants h3conclusionsh3 hiv sti rates found study confirm high risk vulnerability status msw cte d9ivoire definite need studies exploring risk risk perceptions among msw depth services tailored needs including developing validating simple algorithms diagnosis sti msw men sex men