Detection of HIV-1 and HIV-2 antibodies among Chlamydia trachomatis infected pregnant women in Japan.
An anonymous unlinked HIV antibody test was conducted on 1632 Chlamydia trachomatis (C. trachomatis) antibody positive women from 10 institutes of 7 prefectures in Japan. All the sera were negative for both HIV-1 and HIV-2 antibodies. The result may support the suggestion that HIV prevalence is low among general population in Japan. Such a test as this study will be useful not only for developing a reliable HIV surveillance system but also for the study of sexual behavior of general population, since C. trachomatis infection is sensitive to reflect sexual contact.
Umenai
T
T
Department of Health Policy and Planning, University of Tokyo.
Barua
S
S
Osaka
Y
Y
Itoh
C
C
Nakagomi
O
O
Tanaka
T
T
Sato
N
N
Suzuki
H
H
Hiroi
M
M
Mizoguchi
J
J
Hatakeyama
Y
Y
Endo
C
C
Honda
S
S
Katamine
S
S
D000328:Adult; D002690:Chlamydia Infections / Q000276:immunology*; D002692:Chlamydia trachomatis; D005260:Female; D015483:HIV Antibodies / Q000032:analysis*; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000453:epidemiology*; D015528:HIV Seroprevalence / Q000639:trends*; D015497:HIV-1 / Q000276:immunology*; D015498:HIV-2 / Q000276:immunology*; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan / Q000453:epidemiology; D011247:Pregnancy; D012749:Sexually Transmitted Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology
D015483:HIV Antibodies