Document 0931
 DOCN  M94A0931
 TI    Prevalence and risk factors among professional sex workers in B.
       Horizonte, Brazil.
 DT    9412
 AU    Tupinambas U; Jeronymo M; Oliveira E; Fonseca J; Oliveira M; Greco DB;
       Minas Gerais AIDS Vaccine Center/UFMG/Brazil.
 SO    Int Conf AIDS. 1994 Aug 7-12;10(2):248 (abstract no. PC0356). Unique
       Identifier : AIDSLINE ICA10/94371644
 AB    OBJECTIVES: A nested case-control study to evaluate the prevalence of
       HIV infection among low-income PSW. METHODOLOGY: After counselling and
       proper consent 80 PSW's who voluntarily came to our clinic answered a
       standardized questionnaire and had their blood tested for HIV. RESULTS:
       Five women (6.25%) were found to be positive for HIV. Condom use was
       high with paying clients (70%) and low with non paying (5%). They all
       denied anal sex and 82.5% had over 20 clients a week, with 44% reporting
       a change in behavior related to AIDS. The use of condoms was the most
       frequent change. One reported having sex with bisexual and IVDU partners
       with an irregular condom use. The remainder, however, reported having
       used condoms regularly during the last year and denied having had sex
       with bisexual or IVDU partners. Four out of five reported changes in
       behavior since the AIDS epidemics. Most of the control PSWs (n = 15)
       have changed their behavior (especially in relation to condom usage)
       with all of them reporting to have used condoms for the 3 previous
       years. CONCLUSION: This study is representative of a low-income
       prostitution area in Belo Horizonte and the prevalence of 6.25% is still
       low, indicating that the epidemic is spreading among this population at
       a slower rate than among homosexual/bisexual and IVDUs. The use of
       condoms was the main difference between the case and controls,
       emphasizing its importance in the control of HIV infection.
 DE    Brazil/EPIDEMIOLOGY  Case-Control Studies  Condoms  Female  Human  HIV
       Infections/*EPIDEMIOLOGY  HIV Seroprevalence  Poverty  *Prostitution
       Questionnaires  Risk Factors  Sex Behavior  MEETING ABSTRACT

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