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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jan 17.
Published in final edited form as: Lancet. 2014 Jul 22;385(9964):260–273. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(14)60801-1

Table 1.

HIV Prevalence among Samples of Men who Sell Sex from 2000–2012

] Subjects included Sampling method Sample Size Prevalence (%) Lead author, date
Sub-Saharan Africa
 Cote D’Ivoire- Abidjan MSW Clinic-based survey 96 50.00 Vuylsteke, 201212
 Kenya- Mombasa MSW Clinic-based survey 259 19.70 Van der Elst, 200968
 Kenya- Nairobi MSW RDS 273 26.30 Muraguri, 201269
 Kenya- Nairobi MSW Hot spot based/snowball 507 40.00 McKinnon, 201370
South and South East Asia
 Bangladesh- multi city MSW Non-random organization 284 0.70 Azim, 200871
 Bangladesh- Barisal MSW Performance evaluation 77 0.00 Abdul-Quader, 2012
 Bangladesh- Chittagong MSW Performance evaluation 361 0.00 Abdul-Quader, 2012
 Bangladesh- Dhaka MSW Performance evaluation 1381 0.51 Abdul-Quader, 2012
 Bangladesh- Khulna MSW Performance evaluation 93 1.08 Abdul-Quader, 2012
 Bangladesh- Rajshahi MSW Performance evaluation 619 0.00 Abdul-Quader, 2012
 Bangladesh- Rangpur MSW Performance evaluation 40 0.00 Abdul-Quader, 2012
 Bangladesh- Sylhet MSW Performance evaluation 305 0.00 Abdul-Quader, 2012
 India- Mumbai MSW Clinic-based survey 24 17.00 Shinde, 200973
 India- multi city MSW Probability-based 2023 14.50 Brahmam, 200874
 India- multi city MSW Clinic-based/peer referral 334 43.60 Narayanan, 201375
 Indonesia- Jakarta MSW Community-based survey 250 3.60 Pisani, 200476
 Pakistan- Abbottabad MSW- Bantha RDS 83 0.00 Hawkes, 200977
 Pakistan- Karachi MSW Venue-based/peer referral 409 3.90 Bokhari, 200778
 Pakistan- Karachi MSW Surveillance study IBBS 199 7.00 Altaf, 200679
 Pakistan- Lahore MSW Venue-based/peer referral 400 0.00 Bokhari, 200778
 Pakistan- Rawalpindi MSW- Bantha RDS 195 0.50 Hawkes, 200977
 Pakistan- Rawalpindi MSW-Khusra RDS 253 2.40 Hawkes, 200977
 Pakistan- Rawalpindi MSW- Khotki RDS 364 0.00 Hawkes, 200977
 Pakistan- 2005 MSW RDS national AIDS 1779 0.40 Mumtaz, 201080
 Pakistan- 2006–7 MSW RDS national AIDS 2289 1.50 Mumtaz, 201080
 Pakistan- 2008 MSW RDS national AIDS 1200 0.90 Mumtaz, 201080
 Thailand- Bangkok MSW Venue-based sampling 414 18.80 Toledo, 201081
 Vietnam- An Giang Selling sex to males in 12m Community-based survey 197 7.60 Pham, 201216
 Vietnam- Hanoi MSW-Heroine user*self rep Time-location sampling 79 29.10 Clatts, 200782
 Vietnam- Ho Chi Minh MSW* self-reported Time-location sampling 200 5.60 Hiep, 201183
East Asia
 China- Beijing Money boy Clinic-based convenience 85 5.90 Chow, 201284
 China- Chengdu Money boy Not reported 205 0.50 Chow, 201284
 China- Chengdu Money boy Snowball sampling 120 4.20 Chow, 201284
 China- Chongqing Money boy Snowball sampling 47 12.80 Chow, 201284
 China- Chongqing Money boy Snowball sampling 71 9.90 Chow, 201284
 China- Chongqing Money boy Snowball sampling 54 7.70 Chow, 201284
 China- Chongqing Money boy Snowball sampling 190 11.10 Chow, 201284
 China- Chongqing Selling sex in past 6 months Snowball sampling 449 14.40 Zhang, 201285
 China- Guangzhou Money boy Venue-based purposeful 151 11.30 Chow, 201284
 China- Guangzhou Selling sex to male/female Long-chain referral 409 6.20 He, 200986
 China- Jining Money boy Clinic-based/peer referral 41 7.30 Chow, 201284
 China- Shenzen Money boy Time-location sampling 850 4.50 Zhao, 201287
 China- Shenzen Money boy Time-location sampling 418 3.40 Chow, 201284
 China- Shenzen Money boy RDS 505 3.60 Chow, 201284
 China- Shenzen MSW Time-location sampling 394 5.30 Cai, 200988
 China- Tianjin Money boy Venue-based sampling 89 6.70 Chow, 201284
 China- multi city Money boy RDS 95 0.00 Chow, 201284
 China- city not reported Money boy Venue-based/peer referral 118 5.10 Chow, 201284
 China- city not reported Money boy Peer referral 86 0.00 Chow, 201284
Oceania
 Australia- Sydney MSW STI clinic records 94 6.50 Estcourt, 200020
 Australia- Victoria SW MSM Sentinal surveillance 700 1.10 Vella, 201289
West and Central Europe
 London, UK MSW Clinic-based sampling 636 9.00 Sethi, 200690
Middle East
 Israel- Tel Aviv MSW- street Venue-based sampling 32 6.30 Mor, 201291
 Israel- Tel Aviv MSW- Internet Internet-based sampling 21 4.50 Mor, 201291
North America
 Canada- Vancouver Sex trade worker Community-based survey 126 7.30 Weber, 200136
 Mexico- Tijuana MSW Purposive cross sectional 40 5.00 Katsulis, 201243
 USA- Atlanta MSW Not original data 234 29.40 Elifson, 199392
 USA- Massachusetts MSW Wide recruitment 32 31.00 Reisner, 200893
 USA- San Francisco MSW Street-recruitment 154 14.00 Bacon, 200694
South America
 Argentina- multi city MSW Venue-based/peer referral 114 11.4 Farias, 201195
 Brazil- Campinas MSW RDS 106 13.00 Tun, 200896
 Peru- Lima MSW- higher SES Venue-based sampling 24 4.20 Bayer, 201097
 Peru- Lima MSW- lower SES Venue-based sampling 61 23.00 Bayer, 201097
 Peru- Andes region MSW Venue-based sampling 1206 4.10 Valderrama, 200798
 Peru- Coastal cities MSW Venue-based sampling 1206 9.10 Valderrama, 200798
 Peru- Jungle cities MSW Venue-based sampling 1206 13.90 Valderrama, 200798
 Peru- city not specified Work as a sex worker Convenience sample 349 24.36 Lama, 200699
 Uruguay- Montevideo MSW Street-based recruitment 317 21.80 Montano, 2005100
No location
 Internet based Male escort Internet-based recruitment 46 13.00 Parsons, 2007101