Alcohol use and viral suppression in HIV-positive Kenyan female sex workers on antiretroviral therapy.
Jessica E LongBarbra A RichardsonGeorge WanjeKate S WilsonJuma ShafiKishorchandra MandaliyaJane M SimoniJohn KinuthiaWalter JaokoR Scott McClellandPublished in: PloS one (2020)
In this FSW cohort, while participants reporting hazardous, harmful, or dependent alcohol use were not more likely to have a detectable viral load, they were more likely to report lower ART adherence. These results suggest that interventions targeting alcohol use among this population of FSWs may not have a large impact on viral suppression.