‘once they see blood then the mood for sex is spoiled’ A qualitative exploration of female sex worker’s male client views of menstruation, sex during menses and the menstrual disc

• Edyth Osire ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Edyth Osire, Sophie Young

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Nyanza Reproductive Health Society, Kisumu, Nyanza Province, Kenya

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• Sophie Young ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Edyth Osire, Sophie Young

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Division of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, University of Illinois Chicago School of Public Health, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

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• Enid Awiti,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Nyanza Reproductive Health Society, Kisumu, Nyanza Province, Kenya

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• Cynthia Akinyi,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Nyanza Reproductive Health Society, Kisumu, Nyanza Province, Kenya

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• Fredrick Otieno,

  Roles Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Nyanza Reproductive Health Society, Kisumu, Nyanza Province, Kenya

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0823-412X

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• Penelope A. Phillips-Howard,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Clinical Sciences, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, Merseyside, United Kingdom

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• Supriya D. Mehta,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Division of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, University of Illinois Chicago School of Public Health, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America, Department of Infectious Disease Medicine, Rush University, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

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• Linda Mason

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: Linda.Mason@lstmed.ac.uk

  Affiliation Department of Clinical Sciences, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, Merseyside, United Kingdom

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1568-9261

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