title: Prevalence of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection among hemophiliacs in Fukuoka, Japan.
abstract: To determine when the hemophiliacs in Fukuoka prefecture, Japan, first became positive for antibodies, we tested human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) antibodies on serum samples obtained from 1976-1987 stored at -30 C. Fifteen out of 64 hemophilia A patients (23.4%), five out of 11 hemophilia B patients (45.5%), but none of 17 patients with von Willebrand's disease (0%) were positive for HIV antibodies. In this series, two with hemophilia A became positive for HIV antibodies for the first time in 1983, and in 1984 another four with hemophilia A and one with hemophilia B became positive.
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000635:transmission; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004340:Drug Contamination; D004812:Epidemiologic Methods; D005164:Factor IX / Q000009:adverse effects; D005169:Factor VIII / Q000009:adverse effects; D005260:Female; D015483:HIV Antibodies / Q000032:analysis; D006467:Hemophilia A / Q000150:complications*; D002836:Hemophilia B / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013997:Time Factors; D065227:Transfusion Reaction; D014842:von Willebrand Diseases / Q000150:complications
chemical_list: D015483:HIV Antibodies; D005169:Factor VIII; D005164:Factor IX