Document 0746
 DOCN  M9490746
 TI    The AIDS epidemic among Scandinavian women: 1980-1990.
 DT    9411
 AU    Smith E; Hasseltvedt V; Bottiger M; Department of Epidemiology, Statens
       Seruminstitut, Copenhagen,; Denmark.
 SO    AIDS. 1994 May;8(5):689-92. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/94338607
 AB    OBJECTIVE: To describe trends and patterns in the AIDS epidemic among
       Scandinavian women with AIDS. SUBJECTS AND METHODS: All women with AIDS
       reported to national surveillance units in Denmark, Norway and Sweden in
       1980-1990 were included for analyses. RESULTS: The number of
       heterosexually infected female AIDS cases increased over time.
       AIDS-defining diseases varied with transmission categories, a variation
       similar to that found among heterosexual Danish male AIDS cases.
       Heterosexually infected women were more frequently diagnosed with
       Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia than with oesophagus candidiasis compared
       with intravenous drug using women. Twenty-five out of 56 heterosexually
       infected women reported having a male partner who was bisexual or from a
       Pattern II country, while one in four did not recognize any risk in
       their sex partner(s). Survival time increased between 1980 and 1990 and
       did not differ from survival in male AIDS cases. In a proportional
       hazards model, age, year of diagnosis and the duration of known
       HIV-positivity before development of AIDS had an independent impact on
       survival. The number of women known to be HIV-positive for more than 1
       year before diagnosis of AIDS increased over time, although the number
       of women tested for HIV close to the development of AIDS was especially
       high among heterosexually infected women. CONCLUSION: Increasing numbers
       of heterosexually infected women are being diagnosed with AIDS in
       Scandinavia.
 DE    Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/*EPIDEMIOLOGY/MORTALITY  Adolescence
       Adult  Aged  Aged, 80 and over  AIDS-Related Opportunistic
       Infections/EPIDEMIOLOGY  Blood Transfusion/ADVERSE EFFECTS  Female
       Human  HIV Infections/TRANSMISSION  Life Tables  Middle Age  Population
       Surveillance  Proportional Hazards Models  Risk Factors
       Scandinavia/EPIDEMIOLOGY  Sex Behavior/STATISTICS & NUMER DATA  Sexual
       Partners  Substance Abuse, Intravenous/EPIDEMIOLOGY  JOURNAL ARTICLE

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