Table 5.

Studies of HIV Prevalence in Commercial Sex Workers

Study	Location	Population	Recruitment	# Tested	# Infected	Percent Infected
Strathdee et al 2007 (60)	San Diego, CA and El Paso, TX	Female sex workers who traded sex for drugs, money or material benefit and had unprotected sex for drugs ormoney at least once; no previous positive HIV test result	Target	924	55	6.0
Rothenberg et al, 2001 (35)	Atlanta, GA	Received money for sex	Target	136	20	15.0
Rosenberg et al (34)	CT, MD, NH, NC	Inpatients or outpatients receiving treatment for severe mental illness who report ever engaging in prostitution	Target	225	15	6.7
Roy et al, 2000 (36)	Montreal, Canada	Homeless youth ages 12–25 who reported engaging in prostitution	Target	234	11	4.7
Marshall et al, 2008 (57)	Vancouver, Canada	Street youth ages 14–26 who reported using illicit drugs in past 30 days and had ever engaged in prostitution	Target/Snowball	115	8	6.9
Miller et al 2008 (58)	New York City, NY	Females who used drugs in past 30 days and reported exchanging sex for drugs or money	Target	51	13	25.5
Murrill et al 2008 (59)	New York City and continuous counties, NY	House ball community members who had ever attended a house ball event and exchanged sex for drugs or money	Target	37	7	18.9