Clients of Female Sex Workers in Lima, Peru. A bridge population for sexually transmitted disease/HIV transmission?

Miller, Gregg A.; Mendoza, Walter; Krone, Melissa R.; Meza, Rena; Caceres, Carlos F.; Coates, Thomas J.; Klausner, Jeffrey D.

En: Sexually Transmitted Diseases, 2004.

Men reported that in the recently concluded commercial sex encounter, 95.8% used condoms, and 85.8% always used condoms with female sex workers. Only 16% reported always using condoms with their stable partners; 50.8% always used condoms with casual, noncommercial partners; and 59.6% always used condoms for homosexual anal sex. There were 8 (2%) cases of chlamydia and no cases of gonorrhea. Clients of female sex workers report high rates of condom use with sex workers and a low prevalence of chlamydia and gonorrhea. It is unlikely that they constitute a bridging population.