title: [A case report of heterosexual transmission of HIV infection between spouses with persistent condom use].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To report a case of heterosexual transmission of HIV infection between spouses with consistent condom use.
  
  
  METHODS
  The first case with HIV infection was detected in the contracted male workers returned from abroad in Qingdao in 1992 and both he and his spouse were given health education for AIDS/HIV prevention and instructions on condom use. And, his wife was followed-up every six months by detecting her serum anti-HIV.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The wife of the index case was negative for anti-HIV in the first 12 blood tests before December 1996. But, she was found suspect of positive for anti-HIV an July 1997 and definitely positive for anti-HIV-1 in August 1997 during her 14th test. In the period of 1992 to 1997, they persisted in condom use during intercourse. Recall of the wife showed that she had low fever in May 1997, suggesting at the window phase of her acute HIV infection. It postulated that she infected with HIV curing March to April 1997.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The case report indicated that incorrect use of condom could not prevent from HIV transmission between spouses.
authors.affiliation: Qingdao Municipal Health and Anti-epidemic Station.
authors.forename: Q
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Chu
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000635:transmission*; D000328:Adult; D017280:Condoms; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D018454:Spouses