caa a22 4500 465769314 CHVBK 20180323111924.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170327e19900901xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/BF00150427 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/BF00150427 Seroprevalence and risk factors for HIV transmission among female prostitutes: A community survey [Elektronische Daten] [J. Casabona, E. SÁnchez, R. Salinas, C. Lacasa, P. Verani] To estimate the prevalence of HIV-1, HIV-2 and HTLV-I among female prostitutes, and to identify possible risk factors for HIV transmission in this collective, sera and epidemiological information from 71 prostitutes were obtained. Using the local network of a well-defined area in southern Catalonia, all prostitution bars were identified and their working women interviewed using a previously validated questionnaire. Eight sera were found positive for HIV-1 antibodies. Of those, 7 sera were also positive in the HIV-2 assay, probably as a result of cross-reactivity between the two viruses. All sera were negative for HTLV-I antibodies. In our area, where intravenous drug users (IVDUs) account for the majority of AIDS cases, the use of drugs by the prostitutes or by their steady sexual partners seems to be the most important risk factor for HIV infection in that group. Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1990 HIV infection nationallicence Prostitution nationallicence Community survey nationallicence Risk factors nationallicence Casabona J. Epidemiology Section. AIDS Program, Generalitat de Catalunya, Travessera de les Corts, 131-159 08028, Barcelona, Spain aut SÁnchez E. Epidemiology Section. AIDS Program, Generalitat de Catalunya, Travessera de les Corts, 131-159 08028, Barcelona, Spain aut Salinas R. Hematology Unit. Hospital, "Verge de la Cinta”, Tortosa, Spain aut Lacasa C. Epidemiology Section. AIDS Program, Generalitat de Catalunya, Travessera de les Corts, 131-159 08028, Barcelona, Spain aut Verani P. Department of Virology, Istituto Superiore di Sanita, Roma, Italy aut European Journal of Epidemiology Kluwer Academic Publishers 6/3(1990-09-01), 248-252 0393-2990 6:3<248 1990 6 10654 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00150427 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00150427 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Casabona J. Epidemiology Section. AIDS Program, Generalitat de Catalunya, Travessera de les Corts, 131-159 08028, Barcelona, Spain aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- SÁnchez E. Epidemiology Section. AIDS Program, Generalitat de Catalunya, Travessera de les Corts, 131-159 08028, Barcelona, Spain aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Salinas R. Hematology Unit. Hospital, "Verge de la Cinta”, Tortosa, Spain aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Lacasa C. Epidemiology Section. AIDS Program, Generalitat de Catalunya, Travessera de les Corts, 131-159 08028, Barcelona, Spain aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Verani P. Department of Virology, Istituto Superiore di Sanita, Roma, Italy aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- European Journal of Epidemiology Kluwer Academic Publishers 6/3(1990-09-01), 248-252 0393-2990 6:3<248 1990 6 10654 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer