| Autor: |
Hyams KC; U.S. Naval Medical Research Institute, Bethesda, MD., Escamilla J, Lozada Romero R, Macareno Alvarado E, Bonilla Giraldo N, Papadimos TJ, Rubio Martinez C, Garcia Gonzalez P |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Zdroj: |
Scandinavian journal of infectious diseases [Scand J Infect Dis] 1990; Vol. 22 (5), pp. 527-31. |
| DOI: |
10.3109/00365549009027091 |
| Abstrakt: |
The prevalence and risk factors of hepatitis B infection were studied in 354 non-drug abusing female prostitutes and 360 female controls in Tijuana, Mexico. Hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) was found in the same percentage (0.8%) of prostitutes and controls. In contrast, antibody markers (anti-HBs or anti-HBc) were found in a significantly higher percentage of prostitutes than controls (8.2% vs. 2.2%, p = 0.0006). Prostitutes also had a higher prevalence of a positive RPR/FTA-ABS test for syphilis (p less than 0.0001). There was a significant association between the presence of hepatitis B markers and positive syphilis serology and a history of having had a STD. In this non-drug abusing population, prostitution was found to be a risk factor for total hepatitis B infection but not for surface antigenemia. Further studies are indicated to determine the incidence of chronic infection in adult women following sexual transmission of hepatitis B. |
| Databáze: |
MEDLINE |
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