title: [HIV infection and other sexually-transmitted infections among immigrants in Barcelona].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Immigration is a recent phenomenon in Spain. Certain subgroups of the immigrant population may be vulnerable to acquiring sexually transmitted infections (STI).
  
  
  METHODS
  Descriptive study of the seroprevalenceof certain STI (HIV, hepatitis B and syphilis) and the general characteristicsn of persons tested for HIV infection in a specialized clinic in Barcelona during the year 2000.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Seroprevalence of HIV was similar in immigrants and native residents(1.8% vs. 1.7% respectively). However, the seroprevalences of hepatitis B virus (anti-HBc) (19.5% vs. 8.3%) and syphilis (RPR 1 TPHA) (3.2% vs. 1.1%), as well as other STI and the practice of prostitution, were higher in immigrants.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Several STI, including hepatitis B and syphilis, were found more frequently in immigrants than in the native population, whereas HIV seroprevalence was similar in the two groups.
authors: Unidad de Enfermedades de Transmisión Sexual. Direcció d'Atenció Primària Ciutat Vella, Institut Català de la Salut, Barcelona, Spain. mvall.pbcn@ics.scs.es
authors: Martí
authors: M
authors: Vall Mayans
authors: E
authors: E
authors: Arellano
authors: P
authors: P
authors: Armengol
authors: J M
authors: JM
authors: Escribà
authors: E
authors: E
authors: Loureiro
authors: P
authors: P
authors: Saladié
authors: B
authors: B
authors: Sanz
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Saravanya
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Vall
authors: M J
authors: MJ
authors: Villena
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017954:Africa South of the Sahara / Q000208:ethnology; D015897:Comorbidity; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D005061:Europe, Eastern / Q000208:ethnology; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000453:epidemiology*; D015528:HIV Seroprevalence; D006509:Hepatitis B / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D007843:Latin America / Q000208:ethnology; D008297:Male; D012307:Risk Factors; D016036:Seroepidemiologic Studies; D011477:Sex Work / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012725:Sexual Behavior / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012749:Sexually Transmitted Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D013030:Spain / Q000453:epidemiology; D015819:Substance Abuse, Intravenous / Q000453:epidemiology; D013587:Syphilis / Q000453:epidemiology