TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2022//
TI  - In their own words: how trans women acquired HIV infection
JO  - AIDS and behavior
A1  - Wilson, Erin C.
A1  - Hernandez, Christopher J.
A1  - Arayasirikul, Sean
A1  - Scheer, Susan
A1  - Trujillo, Dillon
A1  - Sicro, Sofia
A1  - Turner, Caitlin M.
A1  - McFarland, Willi
SP  - ePub
EP  - ePub
VL  - ePub
IS  - ePub
N2  - 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 "Sex with a straight cisgender man partner when the respondent identified as a trans woman" (43.0%); "Sexual assault" (13.9%); "Injection drug use (IDU)" (10.1%); "IDU or sexual contact" (7.6%) and "Sex with a partner who injected drugs" (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>
LA  - en
SN  - 1090-7165
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10461-021-03555-8
ID  - ref1
ER  -