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Heterosexually acquired human immunodeficiency virus infection in women in Copenhagen: sexual behavior and other risk factors.

Int J STD AIDS. 1990 Nov;1(6):416-21. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/91242668
Smith E; Kroon S; Gerstoft J; Kvinesdal B; Mathiesen LR; Department of Infectious Diseases, Hvidovre Hospital, University; of Copenhagen, Denmark.

Abstract: In order to describe the risk pattern including sexual behaviour among HIV-infected women in Copenhagen we studied the charts of all women tested seropositive between January 1985 and August 1988 in the three main hospitals handling HIV/AIDS. One hundred and fifteen women were positive for HIV antibodies: 35 (31%) were infected by heterosexual contact and 63 (55%) were intravenous drug users. Among the heterosexually transmitted cases 25 (71%) had intercourse with a man from a high risk group and nine women had intercourse with a known HIV antibody positive man without known risk factors. Use of condoms was claimed by 31% of the heterosexually-transmitted women before the HIV test, and by 74% (P = 0.002) after the test. In 1988 73% of the women tested HIV positive were infected by heterosexual contact, in 1985 only 14%. We conclude that among HIV infected women in Copenhagen heterosexual transmission is a problem. These women seem to change sexual behaviour when informed about HIV positivity.
Keywords: Blood Transfusion/ADVERSE EFFECTS Contraceptive Devices, Male/UTILIZATION Denmark/EPIDEMIOLOGY Female Hepatitis/COMPLICATIONS/EPIDEMIOLOGY Human HIV Seropositivity/*EPIDEMIOLOGY/TRANSMISSION Risk Factors *Sex Behavior Sexual Partners Substance Abuse, Intravenous/*COMPLICATIONS JOURNAL ARTICLEKWDbloodtransfusion/adverseeffectscontraceptivedevices,male/utilizationdenmark/epidemiologyfemalehepatitis/complications/epidemiologyhumanhivseropositivity/KWDepidemiology/transmissionriskfactorsKWDsexbehaviorsexualpartnerssubstanceabuse,intravenous/KWDcomplicationsjournalarticle
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