The HIV prevalence among pregnant women in the Amsterdam region (1988–1991)
| Autor: | F. J. Wong, R. A. Coutinho, W. J. van der Velde, A. J. A. R. Van Den Hoek, Mulder-Folkerts Dk, K. Boer, P. J. E. Bindels, G. J. J. Van Doornum, M. F. Schutte |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Other departments |
| Rok vydání: | 1994 |
| Předmět: |
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Infertility Sexual partner medicine.medical_specialty Epidemiology Population HIV Infections Abortion Risk-Taking Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) HIV Seroprevalence Pregnancy HIV Seropositivity medicine Humans Pregnancy Complications Infectious education Netherlands Gynecology education.field_of_study Obstetrics business.industry Public health Emigration and Immigration medicine.disease Female business |
| Zdroj: | European journal of epidemiology, 10(3), 331-338. Springer Netherlands |
| ISSN: | 1573-7284 0393-2990 1988-1991 |
| Popis: | The objective of the study was to monitor the HIV prevalence in the years 1988-1991 among pregnant women in the Amsterdam region, visitors to an abortion clinic and 3 outpatient infertility clinics. All women attending these clinics were asked to participate in the study on a voluntary basis and were tested with informed consent. The women were questioned about risk-bearing behaviour of themselves and their sexual partner(s). In the period 1988-1991, of the 23,827 eligible pregnant women, 22,165 women participated (93.0%). Twenty-seven women were found to be positive for HIV antibodies (0.12%, 95% CI: 0.08%-0.17%), of whom twenty belonged to a known HIV risk group or had a partner who belonged to one of these groups and 7 women had no known HIV risk. Seventeen of the 27 women had a foreign nationality. The annual HIV prevalence among pregnant women was: 1988: 0.28%; 1989: 0.10%; 1990: 0.10%; 1991: 0.11%. In the years 1990 and 1991, of the 1,128 eligible women visiting the abortion clinic 953 (84.5%) were tested. Eleven women were HIV-seropositive (1.15%, 95% CI: 0.6%-2.0%), of whom 9 were from an AIDS endemic region, 1 woman had a partner from this region and 1 woman had no known HIV risk. Four African women had HIV-2 antibodies. At the 3 outpatient infertility clinics 1 woman was found to be HIV-positive (0.13%; 95% CI: 0.02-0.9). She had no other risk than a partner from an AIDS endemic area. In the Amsterdam region there was a steady and low HIV prevalence (0.1%) among pregnant women through the years 1988-1991. The prevalence in the abortion clinic was ten times higher. The program was able to detect possible high risk groups within the population. Migration and travelling can play an important role in the spread of HIV in the general heterosexual population. |
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