Document 2101
 DOCN  M94A2101
 TI    Women with HIV infection in Singapore.
 DT    9412
 AU    Verghese I; Ong D; Leo YS; Chew SK; Communicable Disease Centre,
       Singapore.
 SO    Int Conf AIDS. 1994 Aug 7-12;10(1):380 (abstract no. PD0129). Unique
       Identifier : AIDSLINE ICA10/94370474
 AB    OBJECTIVE: To determine the prevalence of HIV infection in the women in
       Singapore and to assess the social economic impact of this disease in
       these women. METHOD: Case review of women infected with HIV in
       Singapore. RESULTS: The first case of a woman with HIV infection was
       detected in 1986 and there has been an increasing number since 1991.
       Altogether 16 cases were detected at the end of 1993. Of these, 14 of
       them were infected through heterosexual transmission and most of them
       were detected through contact tracing. One patient acquired the
       infection through an organ transplantation overseas and the other
       patient from intravenous drug use. The economic status of these women
       are varied, 8 were housewives. Two had lost their HIV-infected husbands.
       Eight women were working at the time of HIV detection. Five lost their
       jobs because of the disease and ill health. One patient gave up her job
       to look after her other ill HIV-infected family members. In addition,
       the majority of the HIV-infected women received only secondary education
       which makes them less competitive in getting a job. CONCLUSION: In
       Singapore, we are facing with an increasing number of women infected
       with HIV. The majority are economically dependent and less well
       educated.
 DE    Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/*EPIDEMIOLOGY/PREVENTION &
       CONTROL/TRANSMISSION  Contact Tracing  Female  Human  HIV
       Infections/*EPIDEMIOLOGY/PREVENTION & CONTROL/TRANSMISSION  HIV
       Seroprevalence/*TRENDS  Risk Factors  Sex Behavior
       Singapore/EPIDEMIOLOGY  Socioeconomic Factors  Unemployment  MEETING
       ABSTRACT

       SOURCE: National Library of Medicine.  NOTICE: This material may be
       protected by Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.Code).