Table 3 Prevalence of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and HIV among people with high-risk behaviours in Rawalpindi and Abbottabad (expressed as percentages with confidence intervals)

	Male sex workers (MSW)						Female sex workers (FSW)
	Rawalpindi			Abbottabad			Rawalpindi	Abbottabad
	Bantha	Khotki	Khusra	Bantha	Khotki	Khusra	Rawalpindi	Abbottabad
Number tested	195	364	253	83	4	16	426	107
HIV	0.5 (0.005 to 1.5)	0	2.4 (0.4 to 4.3)	0	0	0	0	0
HSV	7.4 (3.6 to 11.1)	14 (10.4 to 17.6)	54 (47.7 to 60.2)	2.5 (0.4 to 9.5)	25 (1.3 to 78)	31.3 (12.1 to 58.5)	8.0 (5.4 to 10.6)	4.7 (6.1 to 8.7)
Syphilis (all RPR+/TPHA+)	4.7 (1.7 to 7.7)	9.6 (6.6 to 12.7)	48.8 (42.6 to 55.0)	4.9 (0.12 to 9.8)	0	37.5 (10.9 to 64.1)	1.2	2.8
RPR ⩽1:2	1.5	3.6	8.7	2.4	0	18.8	10.5	1.8
RPR = 1:4	2.6	1.9	7.5	0	0	12.5	0	0.9
RPR = 1:8	0.5	1.9	9.9	0	0	6.3	0.2	0
RPR = 1:16	0	1.4	13.4	0	0	0	0	0
RPR ⩾1:32	0	0.8	9	2.4	0	0	0.5	0
RPR−/TPHA+ (presumed past infection)	4.7	6	21.4	5	0	37.5	0.5	0
Rectal gonorrhoea	12.6 (7.8 to 17.4)	4.7 (2.5 to 6.8)	20.2 (15.2 to 25.2)	11.1 (5.5 to 20.5)	0	6.3 (0.33 to 32.3)	Not tested	Not tested
Rectal Chlamydia	4.7 (1.7 to 7.7)	3.6 (1.6 to 5.5)	9.9 (6.2 to 13.6)	4.9 (1.6 to 12.8)	0	6.3 (0.33 to 32.3)	Not tested	Not tested
Urine gonorrhoea (MTSW) or cervical gonorrhoea (FSW)	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.0 (0.6 to 3.4)	1.9 (0.007 to 4.5)
Urine Chlamydia (MTSW) or cervical Chlamydia (FSW)	0	0	0	1.2 (0.06 to 7.5)	0	0	1.7 (0.4 to 3.1)	0.9 (0.009 to 0.3)
Trichomonas vaginalis	Not tested	Not tested	Not tested	Not tested	Not tested	Not tested	4.3 (2.3 to 6.3)	5.7 (1.2 to 10.3)

HSV, herpes simplex virus; MTSW, male and transgender sex worker; RPR, rapid plasma reagin; TPHA, Treponema pallidum haemagglutination test.