Transgender populations and HIV: unique risks, challenges and opportunities.
J Virus Erad
; 2(2): 87-93, 2016 Apr 01.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-27482441
ABSTRACT
Due to unique social, behavioural, structural and biological issues, transgender (TG) populations, especially TG women, are at high risk for HIV acquisition. This increased risk is multifactorial, due to differing psychosocial risk factors, poorer access to TG-specific healthcare, a higher likelihood of using exogenous hormones or fillers without direct medical supervision, interactions between hormonal therapy and antiretroviral therapy, and direct effects of hormonal therapy on HIV acquisition and immune control. Further research is needed to elucidate these mechanisms of risk and to help design interventions to reduce HIV risk among transgender populations.
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Collection:
01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Type of study:
Etiology_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Language:
En
Journal:
J Virus Erad
Year:
2016
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
United States