Oldenburg Catherine E, Perez-Brumer Amaya G, Reisner Sari L, Mimiaga Matthew J
Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, 677 Huntington Ave, Boston, MA, 02115, USA.
Department of Sociomedical Sciences, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.
AIDS Behav. 2015 Dec;19(12):2177-83. doi: 10.1007/s10461-015-1010-5.
Engagement in transactional sex has been hypothesized to increase risk of HIV among MSM, however conflicting evidence exists. We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis comparing HIV prevalence among MSM who engaged in transactional sex to those who did not (33 studies in 17 countries; n = 78,112 MSM). Overall, transactional sex was associated with a significant elevation in HIV prevalence (OR 1.34, 95 % CI 1.11-1.62). Latin America (OR 2.28, 95 % CI 1.87-2.78) and Sub-Saharan Africa (OR 1.72, 95 % CI 1.02-2.91) were the only regions where this elevation was noted. Further research is needed to understand factors associated with sex work and subsequent HIV risk in Latin America and Sub-Saharan Africa.
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