@article{ref1,
title="In their own words: how trans women acquired HIV infection",
journal="AIDS and behavior",
year="2022",
author="Wilson, Erin C. and Hernandez, Christopher J. and Arayasirikul, Sean and Scheer, Susan and Trujillo, Dillon and Sicro, Sofia and Turner, Caitlin M. and McFarland, Willi",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="Despite high HIV prevalence, the reasons trans women acquire HIV are not well understood. Trans women are often mis-classified or aggregated with men who have sex with men (MSM) in epidemiologic studies and HIV surveillance data. Trans women enrolled in the 2019/2020 National HIV Behavioral Surveillance Study in San Francisco were asked an open-ended question about how they were infected with HIV. The most common responses were &quot;Sex with a straight cisgender man partner when the respondent identified as a trans woman&quot; (43.0%); &quot;Sexual assault&quot; (13.9%); &quot;Injection drug use (IDU)&quot; (10.1%); &quot;IDU or sexual contact&quot; (7.6%) and &quot;Sex with a partner who injected drugs&quot; (7.6%). Sex with a cisgender man partner prior to identifying as a trans women (MSM contact) was not mentioned by any respondent. HIV prevention strategies targeting MSM will fail to reach trans women and many of their cisgender men partners.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1090-7165",
doi="10.1007/s10461-021-03555-8",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10461-021-03555-8"
}