Document 2513
 DOCN  M94A2513
 TI    HIV infection in Singapore, 1985-1993.
 DT    9412
 AU    Oh HM; Chew SK; Communicable Disease Centre, Singapore.
 SO    Int Conf AIDS. 1994 Aug 7-12;10(1):287 (abstract no. PC0071). Unique
       Identifier : AIDSLINE ICA10/94370062
 AB    Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection was first reported in
       Singapore in 1985 and the first case of the acquired immunodeficiency
       syndrome (AIDS) was detected in 1986. By the end of 1993, there was a
       cumulative 222 residents with HIV infection, including 75 cases of AIDS,
       with a male-to-female ratio of 12:1. The majority of cases were infected
       through sexual transmission (heterosexual 54%, homosexual 27%, bisexual
       12%). Perinatal transmission accounted for 0.5%, intravenous drug use
       3%, and infection from receiving contaminated blood and organ
       transplantation overseas, 2%. Prior to 1990, HIV infection occurred
       predominantly in homosexuals and bisexuals. After 1990, there was a
       significant increase in the number of patients infected through
       heterosexual transmission. Of the first 44 cases, 23% were attributed to
       heterosexual transmission, compared with 62% for the subsequent 178
       cases. The pattern of HIV infection in Singapore can be described as a
       first wave of infection in homosexual and bisexual men followed by a
       second wave in heterosexual males who had sexual exposures with persons
       at risk for HIV infection and had in turn infected their spouses.
 DE    Female  Human  HIV Infections/*EPIDEMIOLOGY/TRANSMISSION  Infant,
       Newborn  Male  Pregnancy  Pregnancy Complications, Infectious  Sex
       Behavior  Singapore/EPIDEMIOLOGY  MEETING ABSTRACT

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