Gabriela Alves Cesar, Bárbara Vieira do Lago, Tayana Serpa Ortiz Tanaka, Priscila Brunini Zanini, Larissa Melo Bandeira, Marco Antonio Moreira Puga, Fernanda Rodas Pires Fernandes, Clarice Souza Pinto, Lisie Souza Castro, Lívia Garcia Bertolacci-Rocha, Carlos Eurico Dos Santos Fernandes, Grazielli Rocha de Rezende, Ana Rita Coimbra Motta-Castro
Men who have sex with men (MSM) and transgender women (TW) are disproportionally affected by HIV infection. This cross-sectional study evaluated the HIV-1/2 prevalence, risk factors and HIV molecular features of MSM and TW from Midwest Brazil. Four hundred and thirty participants (278 MSM and 152 TW) from Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil, were interviewed and tested for HIV-1/2 infection between November 2011 and September 2013. Participants who were assigned male at birth, older than 18 years old and self-declared as MSM or TW were recruited from LGBT+ associations, as well as public (parks, square, streets, etc) and private [nightclubs, saunas, brothels, etc] places...
2024: PLOS Glob Public Health