Female Prostitutes: A Risk Group for Infection with Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV). (Reannouncement with New Availability Information).

摘要

Acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) is the result of a defect to resist certain types of infections, particularly opportunistic infections. The major types of infection are caused by viruses, fungi, parasites (notably Pneumocystis carinii), and mycobacteria (tuberculous-like organisms). In addition, AIDS is associated with decreased resistance to certain types of cancer, specially Kaposi's Sarcoma. Eighty six female prostitutes at El-Kanater Female Prison were surveyed for HIV during the year 1986-87. They had a mean age of 23.5 years. Nine of the 86 were I.V. drug abusers and six gave a history of blood transfusion during surgical operations within five years before the survey. All but one were negative for anti-HIV using ELISA method. This one sample proved to be a false positive by the confirmatory Western Blot Test.