Table 4.
Male sex workers’ HIV risk perception and testing history and HIV and syphilis prevalence
| Cercado (downtown) n=62 | Non-Cercado (close urban) n=26 | p-value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Perceptions and testing history | % | n/N | % | n/N | |
| Perceived risk of HIV1 | |||||
| None | 2% | 1/58 | 16% | 4/26 | 0.05 |
| Little to average | 41% | 24/58 | 42% | 11/26 | |
| High to very high | 57% | 33/58 | 42% | 11/26 | |
| Previous HIV test | |||||
| Never | 23% | 14/62 | 23% | 6/26 | 0.98 |
| In last 6 months | 40% | 25/62 | 42% | 11/26 | |
| Longer than 6 months ago | 37% | 23/62 | 35% | 9/26 | |
| HIV and syphilis prevalence 2 | |||||
| HIV | 23% | 14/61 | 4% | 1/23 | 0.04 |
| Syphilis, any RPR | 22% | 13/60 | 0% | 0/20 | 0.02 |
| Syphilis, RPR≥1:8 | 10% | 6/60 | 0% | 0/20 | 0.17 |
| HIV-syphilis co-infection, any RPR | 8% | 5/60 | |||
| HIV-syphilis co-infection, RPR≥1:8 | 7% | 4/60 | --- | --- |
1
Four Cercado MSWs did not respond to the question about perceived HIV risk since they reported being HIV positive on an earlier survey question.
2
For HIV testing, 1 Cercado MSW and 3 non-Cercado MSWs refused to be tested. For syphilis testing, 1 Cercado MSW and 2 non-Cercado MSWs refused to be tested. Additionally, for syphilis testing, the tester/counselor was unable to do the venous blood draw for 1 Cercado MSW and 1 non-Cercado MSW.