Document 3030
 DOCN  M94A3030
 TI    Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) epidemiological trends among risk
       groups in Korea.
 DT    9412
 AU    Shin YO; Hur SJ; Kim SS; Kee MK; Shin Center for AIDS Research, NIH,
       Seoul, Korea.
 SO    Int Conf AIDS. 1994 Aug 7-12;10(1):17 (abstract no. 041C). Unique
       Identifier : AIDSLINE ICA10/94369545
 AB    OBJECTIVE: To monitor and estimate the prevalence of HIV infections
       particularly among sexually risk groups in Korea with year. METHODS: HIV
       antibody tests had been performed on possible HIV risk groups in Korea
       during the period of 1985 to January 1994. Target populations of the
       surveillance were homosexual men, spouses of HIV infected persons,
       female prostitutes, hospitality girls, seafarers, prisoners,
       hotel/restaurant workers and foreign laborers etc. Total numbers of
       tested sera during the study period were 5,312,000 mainly collected by
       public laboratories RESULTS: New findings of seroconverters in seafarers
       had been maintained in similar numbers since 1990 with the peak of 25.
       This is presumably caused by repeated tests on limited numbers of the
       population. Two female prostitutes had been found infected since 1993,
       while not an infected prostitute was found during the period of 1989 to
       1992. Annual findings of HIV infected entertainment employee increased 6
       of 1992 to 12 of 1993. There were no significant differences in the rate
       of seroconverters among homosexual men, spouses of HIV infected men and
       blood recipients etc. with year in 1990's. HIV seroprevalence rates per
       100,000 sera tested in 1993 were 333.27 of foreign laborers, 57.44 of
       outpatients, 8.21 of female prostitutes, 6.92 of seafarers and 5.44 of
       accommodation workers, compared with 0.71 of blood donors. DISCUSSION
       AND CONCLUSIONS: With the data shown above, there is a possibility that
       there would be an increasing HIV epidemic among sexual risk groups in
       Korea in the near future.
 DE    Adult  AIDS Serodiagnosis  Blood Donors  Female  Human  HIV
       Infections/*EPIDEMIOLOGY  HIV Seropositivity/EPIDEMIOLOGY  HIV
       Seroprevalence  Korea/EPIDEMIOLOGY  Male  Occupations  Prevalence
       Prostitution  Risk Factors  Sex Behavior  MEETING ABSTRACT

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