San Diego Escorts: TJ prostitutes pose health threat to U.S. clients
April 28, 2010 at 7:49 pm | In San Diego escorts | No CommentsTwo thirds of the prostitutes in Tijuana have clients from the United States, and those women frequently share drug injection needles, spreading syphilis and threatening widespread AIDS transmission, UC San Diego researchers said in a report published Wednesday.
The study, which appears online in the journal Addiction, tested over 900 women in the sex trade for sexually transmitted diseases and determined their drug use, condom use and customer habits.
UCSD researchers examined sex workers in Tijuana and Ciudad Juarez, two border cities along along major drug trafficking routes that have large “red light zones” where prostitution is legal, attracting some men from the U.S.
The woman who did not have HIV, but who tested positive for active syphilis, were more likely than other women to inject drugs and share needles, the study found.
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