Document 2558
 DOCN  M94A2558
 TI    Changing demographic trends of HIV infection in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
 DT    9412
 AU    Eyer-Silva WA; Morais de Sa CA; Sion FS; Pinto JF; Alcantara VG; Costa
       MF; Almeida ES; National AIDS Research Center, Hospital Universitario
       Gaffree e; Guinle, Universidade do Rio de Janeiro.
 SO    Int Conf AIDS. 1994 Aug 7-12;10(1):277 (abstract no. PC0028). Unique
       Identifier : AIDSLINE ICA10/94370017
 AB    OBJECTIVE--To compare the demographic characteristics and the way of
       acquisition of HIV infection between 100 historical controls (HCs) and
       1462 HIV-infected patients prospectively evaluated between 1988 and
       1993. METHODS--We compared the demographic patterns of age, sex and way
       of acquisition of HIV infection of 1462 patients who had their
       serological diagnosis made at our laboratory between 1988 and 1993 with
       the first 100 patients reported at our institution, between 1983 and
       1985 (HCs). RESULTS--The following graph s summarize data on sex (A) and
       way of acquisition of HIV infection (B): TABULAR DATA, SEE ABSTRACT
       VOLUME. DISCUSSION--Our data suggest a statistically significant
       increase in the proportion of women contaminated and shift from a
       predominant homosexual/bisexual pattern of transmission to an
       increasingly more common heterosexual transmission, especially
       male-to-female.
 DE    Brazil/EPIDEMIOLOGY  Female  Human  HIV
       Infections/*EPIDEMIOLOGY/TRANSMISSION  Male  Prospective Studies  Risk
       Factors  Sex Behavior  MEETING ABSTRACT

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