Seroprevalence and Associated Factors of Human Immunodeficiency Virus, Treponema pallidum, Hepatitis B Virus, and Hepatitis C Virus among Female Sex Workers in Dessie City, Northeast Ethiopia

Table 2

Risk factor-related characteristics of female commercial sex workers () at Dessie City from November 2017 to April 2018.

S. no.	Parameters	Frequency	Percentage
1	Awareness about STIs
	Yes	212	58.9
	No	148	41.1
2	History of hospital admission
	Yes	113	31.4
	No	247	68.6
3	Ever had history of surgical procedure
	Yes	42	11.7
	No	318	88.3
4	History of blood transfusion
	Yes	31	8.6
	No	329	91.4
5	Sharing of sharp materials
	Yes	54	15
	No	306	85
6	Presence of tattoo in a body part
	Yes	147	40.8
	No	213	59.2
7	Ear/nose piercing
	Yes	341	94.7
	No	19	5.3
8	Genital mutilation
	Yes	152	42.2
	No	208	57.8
9	Drinking alcohol
	Yes	323	89.7
	No	37	10.3
10	Drug abuse
	Yes	34	9.4
	No	326	90.6
11	History of breakage of condom
	Yes	268	74.4
	No	92	25.6
12	Number of customers per week
	1-3	128	35.6
	>3	232	64.4
13	Presence of discharge
	Yes	44	12.2
	No	316	87.8