ABSTRACT
The risk of disease transmission by 3.3 million US truckers and their approximately 300,000 Canadian counterparts is both real and under-investigated. Despite significant research done in developing regions (for example, sub-Saharan Africa, Southeast Asia) that demonstrates links between high risk sexual activity within the trucking sector and disease diffusion, social and health scientists in the United States are only beginning to investigate risky sexual and substance use behaviors of several populations along US interstates.
