title: [HIV-prevalence in Mutoko, Zimbabwe. A study among pregnant women and patients with sexually transmitted diseases].
abstract: The Ministry of Health and Child Welfare in Zimbabwe has carried out a number of surveys in different districts of Zimbabwe to determine the extent of the HIV-epidemic. In Mutoko district such a study was carried out to determine the HIV-prevalence among pregnant women and patients with sexually transmitted diseases. The results show that 25% of the pregnant women were HIV-positive. The highest prevalence is found among women between 25 and 30 years, and women who were pregnant for the second or third time, where more than 35% were HIV-positive. Of the patients with sexually transmitted diseases, 50% were found to be HIV-positive. The HIV-prevalence was higher among men than among women, and higher among single patients than among married patients. For patients who had genital ulcers the HIV-prevalence was 67%.
authors.affiliation: Mutoko District Hospital, Zimbabwe.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Forland
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Eriksen
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006679:HIV Seropositivity / Q000453:epidemiology; D015528:HIV Seroprevalence; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010298:Parity; D011247:Pregnancy; D011251:Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D012725:Sexual Behavior; D012749:Sexually Transmitted Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D015030:Zimbabwe / Q000453:epidemiology
vernacular_title: HIV-prevalens i Mutoko, Zimbabwe. En studie blant gravide og pasienter med kjønnssykdommer.