Coinfections transmitted by sex in HIV-positive transgender women in Managua October 2017 to April 2018

Abstract

This article shows the results of research on Sexually Transmitted Infections in HIV-positive female Transgender women. The study was observational, transversal, and analytical, implemented in the department of Managua with the HIV positive trans female population. The sample was of convenience, the same as the universe established by MINSA in its HIV Epidemiological Situation Report 2015. The statistical method used was correspondence analysis. The main results demonstrate that HIV-positive transgender women have a heterogeneous education from incomplete elementary school to university, whose ages range from 18 to 49 years old, the 18 years old group having the largest population group with 21.3%. Commercial sex work is the main source of income for most HIV-positive transgender women. At the time of data collection, 77% had commercial sex work as their sole economic source of income. The most common STIs were Gonorrhea and Papillomas/genital warts. It was determined that if there is a coinfection of STIs and HIV in HIV-positive transgender women, and that the main STIs affecting HIV-positive female trans were: 47.5% had Syphilis, 34.4% had Gonorrhea, 19.7% Papillomas/genital warts, and 9.8% Herpes Simplex type 2.