Vaginal washing and lubrication among female sex workers in the Mexico-US border region: implications for the development of vaginal PrEP for HIV prevention

• Main Authors: Heather A. Pines (Author), Shirley J. Semple (Author), Steffanie A. Strathdee (Author), Craig W. Hendrix (Author), Alicia Harvey-Vera (Author), Pamina M. Gorbach (Author), Carlos Magis-Rodríguez (Author), Gustavo Martinez (Author), Thomas L. Patterson (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2018-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background To assess the potential acceptability and inform the development of behaviorally-congruent vaginal douche- or gel-based HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) products, we examined vaginal washing and lubrication practices among female sex workers (FSWs) in Tijuana and Ciudad Juarez...