[Results of screening for HIV antibodies in pregnant women in Amsterdam reference stations, 1988-1995].
In order to determine the prevalence of HIV in the general heterosexual population of Amsterdam, 16,709 pregnant women attending two hospitals and one maternity clinic in the period 1988-1995 were asked to undergo a HIV test, of whom 15,276 gave informed consent (91.4%). Pregnant women with a risk of HIV infection were possibly overrepresented in those who refused. The overall HIV prevalence in 1988-1995 was 0.28% and showed no significant differences over the years. In women with a known risk factor for infection the prevalence was 240:10,000, in those without 5:10,000. Whereas intravenous drug use was the most probable cause of infection before 1993, since then it was observed in only 2/20 of the HIV positive pregnant women. Heterosexual transmission appears to be increasing.
Bindels
P J
PJ
Gemeentelijke Geneeskundige en Gezondheidsdienst, sector Volksge-zondheid en Milieu, Amsterdam.
Mulder-Folkerts
D K
DK
Schutte
M F
MF
Smit-van Wijk
I
I
Boer
K
K
Coutinho
R A
RA
D015492:AIDS Serodiagnosis; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D015528:HIV Seroprevalence; D006801:Humans; D009426:Netherlands / Q000453:epidemiology; D011247:Pregnancy; D011251:Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / Q000821:virology*; D012307:Risk Factors; D012725:Sexual Behavior; D015819:Substance Abuse, Intravenous / Q000150:complications