[Prevalence of type 1 human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection in African patients residing in Catalonia].
278 black patients from West Africa, living in Maresme, a coastal area north of Barcelona were studied in order to determine the prevalence of HIV-1 infection. During the first period (1984-86), 102 patients were studied, 3 of them were positive for HIV-2, but none was positive for HIV-1. In the second period (1987-89), 176 patients were studied and 15 were positive for HIV-1. Sexual intercourse with prostitutes of low social level was the only risk factor in all of them. Nine of these 15 patients had other STD, 4 parasite infections, 5 AIDS related-syndrome and 2 AIDS. These findings alert us to the high prevalence of HIV-1 infection in this group of patients (8.5%) and call for stricter measures to enforce hygiene in the area of prostitution.
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Sección de Dermatología, Hospital Sant Jaume i Santa Magdalena, Mataró, Barcelona.
Valls
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Fernández
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Balanzó
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D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000097:blood / Q000453:epidemiology*; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000354:Africa, Western / Q000208:ethnology; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006678:HIV / Q000276:immunology*; D015483:HIV Antibodies / Q000032:analysis*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013030:Spain / Q000453:epidemiology
D015483:HIV Antibodies
Prevalencia de la infección por el virus de la inmunodeficiencia humana (VIH) tipo 1 en enfermos africanos residentes en Cataluña.