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Bivariate analyses of relationships between individual behavioral characteristics and risk of HSV-2 herpes and syphilis, among 212 clandestine female sex workers: Lima, Peru, 2003.


	HSV-2 seropositivity				Syphilis seropositivity^a
	HSV-2 −	HSV-2 +			MHA-TP−	MHA-TP +


Characteristic			Unadjusted		(%) or	(%) or	Unadjusted		Adjusted
Characteristic	mean ± SD	mean ± SD	PRR	95% CI	Mean ± SD	mean ± SD	OR	95% CI	OR	95% CI

Years of education					9.3 ± 3.1	7.7 ± 3.3	0.87	(0.76, 0.99)
Age	24.1 ± 4.4	29.0 ± 7.3	1.02	(1.00, 1.04)	27.4 ± 6.9	33.7 ± 6.6	1.12	(1.05, 1.20)	1.12	(1.05, 1.19)
Years in sex work					4.0 ± 4.4	7.7 ± 6.5	1.13	(1.04, 1.23)
Had problems using condom^b					90 (47)	16 (80)	4.49	(1.45, 13.92)	4.12	(1.29, 13.15)

^aMHA-TP confirmed. ^bPrevalence rate ratios (PRRs) associated with all covariates included in final multivariate models are reported.

Infectious Diseases in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Genital Tract Infections, Bacterial Vaginosis, HIV, and Reproductive Health Issues among Lima-Based Clandestine Female Sex Workers

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