Document 0929
 DOCN  M94A0929
 TI    Female sex work in Brazil: risk and prevalence.
 DT    9412
 AU    Andrade-Neto JL; Hospital de Clinicas Curitiba, Brazil.
 SO    Int Conf AIDS. 1994 Aug 7-12;10(2):249 (abstract no. PC0358). Unique
       Identifier : AIDSLINE ICA10/94371646
 AB    OBJECTIVE: This work is resulting from a study on the prevalence of the
       type 1 virus of human immunodeficiency (HIV-1) identifying probable risk
       factors and HIV-1 co-prevalence with the surface antigen of hepatitis B
       virus (HBsAg). The study has been realized in an harbour city, named
       Paranagua, in the state of Parana, Brazil, in 1992, managing
       prostitutes. METHODS: Data collecting was possible by means of some
       questionaires and blood samples to identify the presence of antibodies
       of the HIV-1 and of the HBsAg. RESULTS: The seropositiveness frequency
       of the HIV-1 was 4.5% and HBsAg's was 3.0%. CONCLUSIONS: The presence of
       HBsAg is statistically related to the HIV-1's presence. The fact that
       prostitutes were not using condoms because they didn't consider it
       important and the sexual intercourse among the prostitutes and bisexual
       partners were proved as majors risk factors statistically significant
       for the HIV-1 infection.
 DE    Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/COMPLICATIONS/*EPIDEMIOLOGY
       Brazil/EPIDEMIOLOGY  Female  Hepatitis B/COMPLICATIONS/EPIDEMIOLOGY
       Hepatitis B Surface Antigens/ANALYSIS  Human  HIV Antibodies/ANALYSIS
       HIV Seroprevalence  HIV-1/IMMUNOLOGY  *Prostitution  Risk Factors  Sex
       Behavior  MEETING ABSTRACT

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