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[Seroprevalence of AIDS in Chilean male and female prostitutes. II. Male prostitution]

Rev Chil Obstet Ginecol. 1989;54(5):310-3. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/91288848
Bernal JN; Arroyave R; Hurtado C; Marin M; Torres V; Feres E

Abstract: ELISA test to detect HIV-1 antibodies was performed to 65 homosexuals and homosexual male prostitutes in a Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STD) Clinic in Santiago de Chile together with a survey about risk factors. It was found that 40 of them (62%) practice prostitution with a rate of 1.5% clients per day. All the studied group presented dissemination of HIV risk factors like low frequency usage of condom, patients hide their homosexual condition, they have donated blood, they do not manifest an attitude towards changing their behaviors and have had intercourse with the opposite sex. We found 1 (1.54%) seropositive confirmed by Western blot in a homosexual who does not practice prostitution.
Keywords: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/*EPIDEMIOLOGY Adolescence Adult Chile English Abstract Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay Homosexuality Human *HIV Seroprevalence Male Middle Age *Prostitution Sex Behavior JOURNAL ARTICLEKWDacquiredimmunodeficiencysyndrome/KWDepidemiologyadolescenceadultchileenglishabstractenzyme-linkedimmunosorbentassayhomosexualityhumanKWDhivseroprevalencemalemiddleageKWDprostitutionsexbehaviorjournalarticle
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