Document 0671
 DOCN  M9490671
 TI    Prevalence of HIV-antibodies in maritime workers and in other selected
       population groups in Poland.
 DT    9411
 AU    Towianska A; Rozlucka E; Dabrowski J
 SO    Bull Inst Marit Trop Med Gdynia. 1992;43(1-4):19-24. Unique Identifier :
       AIDSLINE MED/94339711
 AB    The objective of the present work was to determine prevalence of
       HIV-antibodies in the following population groups: 1. Seamen, fishermen
       and dockers from region of Gdansk and Szczecin 2. Travellers abroad. 3.
       Special risk groups (intravenous drug users, prostitutes, homosexuals,
       haemophiliacs) mostly from Gdansk region. 4. Hospital patients,
       prisoners, other people. Abbott recombinant HIV 1/HIV 2 EIA was used for
       the detection of antibodies to HIV type 1 and/or type 2. In the period
       from 1987 to 1992, 70,297 examinations were made. HIV-antibodies were
       detected in 165 people (0.23%). Out of 35,084 subjects in the first
       group (926 women and 34,158 men). 20 men were found seropositive
       (0.06%). The majority of them--16 men were seamen, 3 were fishermen and
       one was a harbour worker. In the second group made of 27,403 people
       including 3,640 females, HIV-antibodies were revealed in 9 men (0.04%)
       and one woman. In the third group, there were 965 people including 482
       women; among them there were 104 men and 19 women infected (12.8%). Out
       of the 349 prostitutes examined 2 were infected (0.05%). Among 79
       homosexuals, 4 were found infected. In the sample of 14 haemophiliacs
       none demonstrated HIV-antibodies. In 6,845 subjects of the fourth group
       (5938 males and 907 females), 12 males were seropositive (0.18%). In
       that number 5 were prisoners, other 5 were hospital patients and 2 were
       known to have homosexual relationship with infected men. The majority of
       subjects with HIV-antibodies were men--145 (88%) of the total number of
       subjects infected, aged 20-40.
 DE    Adult  Female  Health Personnel  Hemophilia  Homosexuality
       Hospitalization  Human  HIV Antibodies/*ANALYSIS  HIV
       Infections/*EPIDEMIOLOGY  HIV Seropositivity/*EPIDEMIOLOGY  Male  Middle
       Age  Naval Medicine/STATISTICS & NUMER DATA  Poland/EPIDEMIOLOGY
       Population Surveillance  Prevalence  Prisoners  Prostitution  Risk
       Factors  *Ships  Substance Abuse, Intravenous  Travel  JOURNAL ARTICLE

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