Document 2522
 DOCN  M94A2522
 TI    Current status of HIV/AIDS epidemic in Japan.
 DT    9412
 AU    Shiokawa Y; Soda K; Nishioka K; Kitamura T; Shimada K; Yamada K;
       Minamitani M; Miyamoto T; Ozaki S; Shinmura K; et al; Ministry of Health
       & Welfare, Japan.
 SO    Int Conf AIDS. 1994 Aug 7-12;10(1):285 (abstract no. PC0060). Unique
       Identifier : AIDSLINE ICA10/94370053
 AB    OBJECTIVE: To describe the current epidemiological status and trend of
       HIV/AIDS epidemic in Japan. MATERIALS: The data used were obtained from
       the reporting of AIDS cases and HIV infections (carriers and ARC) to the
       National AIDS Surveillance Committee from March 1985 up to the present.
       RESULTS: The epidemiological status of HIV/AIDS in Japan as at the end
       of December 1993 is summarized as follows: Total number of reported AIDS
       cases and HIV infections are 685 (foreigners 81 cases) and 2914
       (foreigners 673 cases) respectively. Total number of hemophiliacs and
       coagulation disorders transmitted through HIV contaminated blood
       products is 1771 cases including 418 AIDS cases, all of whom are
       Japanese. Excluding hemophiliac cases, there are 267 AIDS cases (81
       foreigners) and 1143 HIV infections (673 foreigners). The breakdown of
       those cases by risk factors shows that share of heterosexual contact
       (33%) and male homosexuals (31%) are almost equal in AIDS cases, while
       heterosexual contact (50%) is significantly more than homosexuals (17%)
       in HIV infections. Sex ratio (male:female) is 8.5:1 in AIDS cases and
       0.8:1 in HIV infections. It is noted in HIV infections that the share of
       females, particularly foreign women from southeast Asian countries is
       increasing and heterosexual contacts is becoming the leading cause of
       HIV infection in a recent few years.
 DE    Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/EPIDEMIOLOGY  Blood
       Transfusion/ADVERSE EFFECTS  Female  Human  HIV
       Infections/*EPIDEMIOLOGY/TRANSMISSION  Japan/EPIDEMIOLOGY  Male  Sex
       Behavior  MEETING ABSTRACT

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