HIV prevalence and behavioral and psychosocial factors among transgender women and cisgender men who have sex with men in 8 African countries: A cross-sectional analysis.

Tonia C PoteatBenjamin AckermanDaouda DioufNuha CeesayTampose MothopengKy-Zerbo OdetteSeni KouandaHenri Gautier OuedraogoAnato SimpliceAbo KouameZandile MnisiGift TrapenceL Leigh Ann van der MerweVicente JumbeStefan Baral

Published in: PLoS medicine (2017)

In this study in sub-Saharan Africa, we found that HIV burden and stigma differed between transgender women and cis-MSM, indicating a need to address gender diversity within HIV research and programs.

Keyphrases

hiv testing
men who have sex with men
hiv positive
mental health
polycystic ovary syndrome
antiretroviral therapy
public health
risk factors
human immunodeficiency virus
mental illness
hiv infected
hepatitis c virus
insulin resistance
skeletal muscle
type diabetes
metabolic syndrome
adipose tissue