Estimation of population-size changes and HIV prevalence among female sex workers from 2006 to 2009 in Kaiyuan, Yunnan, China

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OBJECTIVE: This study is to estimate the population size and prevalence of HIV and herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2) infections among female sex workers (FSWs) in Kaiyuan, Yunnan Province, China.

METHODS: Eight cross-sectional studies were conducted among FSWs in Kaiyuan from 2006 to 2009. Based on the data from two study time points each year, the total numbers of FSWs and HIV positive FSWs were estimated by using the capture-recapture technique (CR).

RESULTS: Estimated sizes of FSWs in Kaiyuan were 1 629, 1 672, 1 186, and 1 014 in the respective years from 2006 to 2009. Although the crude prevalence rates of HIV and HSV-2 varied over time, the adjusted prevalence among this population was relatively stable at 10%-12% and the adjusted HSV-2 prevalence ranged from 67% to72%.

CONCLUSION: The reason for the slight decrease of the size of the FSW population is unknown. The adjusted prevalence rates of HIV and HSV-2 among them were stable over the course of this study.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2012

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2012

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:25

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Biomedical and environmental sciences : BES - 25(2012), 4 vom: 01. Aug., Seite 489-94

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Wang, Jun Jie [VerfasserIn]
Yang, Qian [VerfasserIn]
Fan, Pan Ying [VerfasserIn]
Reilly, Kathleen H [VerfasserIn]
Ding, Guo Wei [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Ning [VerfasserIn]

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Date Completed 27.11.2012

Date Revised 08.06.2018

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.3967/0895-3988.2012.04.016

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NLM221471294