Country
Sample Prevalence Female OR Prev. size among populationn (95% CI) levela female sex prevalence workers (95% CI) Brazil 90 6.7% 0.47% 15.3 VL (1.5–11.8) (6.7–34.9) Chile 626 0.0% 0.27% 0.3 VL (0.0–0.0) (0.02–4.6) Guatemala 1110 4.4% 0.58% 7.9 L (3.2–5.6) (5.9–10.5) El Salvador 484 3.3% 0.67% 5.1 L (1.7–4.9) (3.1–8.3) Guyana 450 27.6% 1.48% 25.3 M (23.4–31.7) (20.5–31.2) Honduras 493 9.7% 0.59% 18.1 L (7.1–12.4) (13.5–24.5) Jamaica 433 8.8% 1.31% 7.3 M (6.1–11.4) (5.2–10.1) Mexico 4743 6.2% 0.19% 35.0 VL (5.6–6.9) (31.1–39.4) Nicaragua
460
Paraguay
723
Egypt, Arab Rep.
118
2.2% (0.8–3.5) 2.8% (1.6–4.0) 0.8% (0.0–2.5)
0.13% 0.22% 0.01%
% Female HIV infections among female sex workers
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10.0
Schuelter–Trevisol, Da Silva et al. 2007
0.0
Barrientos, Bozon et al. 2007
4. 6
Soto, Ghee et al. 2007; Lahuerta, Sabido et al. 2011
3.0
Soto, Ghee et al. 2007
11.2
Persaud, Cox et al. 2008
9.9
Soto, Ghee et al. 2007
4.0
Duncan, Gebre et al. 2010
19.8
Patterson, Semple et al. 2008; Ojeda, Strathdee et al. 2009; Loza 2010; Rusch, Brouwer et al. 2010; Sirotin, Strathdee et al. 2010; Strathdee, Lozada et al. 2011; Ulibarri, Strathdee et al. 2011 Soto, Ghee et al. 2007
16.8 VL 9.9 (8.9–31.4) 12.8 VL 7.5 (8.2–19.9) Middle East and North Africa 73.2 VL 36.3 (10.2–524.1)
Aguayo, LagunaTorres et al. 2008 Ministry of Health and Population 2007 (continued next page)
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Table 2.1 (continued)