A study of HIV/STD infections amongst commercial sex workers in Kolkata. (India) Part-IV laboratory investigation of STD and HIV infections.
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Dans Anglais
| IMSEAR
| ID: sea-112931
ABSTRACT
Out of 867 sex workers examined during 1998-2000 from the five important red light areas of Kolkata, 26.18%(227) were suffering from active syphilitic infection having positive VDRL test with titre 1/8 and above. Vaginal smear for gram staining was collected from all sex workers, and found positive for active gonorrhoeal infection in 41.8% (362). Culture positivity for gonorrheal infection was 34.14% (296). Sex workers were also having other STD infection, 23.64% (205) Trichomonas infection, 13.26% (115) Candidiasis, 8.77% (76), Gardenella and 3.0% (26) Chanchroid for which vaginal samples were found positive. HIV sero-positivity was found to be 13.2% (115) out of 867 blood samples examined from all sex workers under study. There were 0.34% (3) sex workers who were also positive for HIV II infection along with HIV-I infection. A case of HIV II alone was not detected in any of the sex workers. Around 49.6% (430) knew that STD/HIV can be prevented by use of condom. However, condom was used by only 6.57% (57) sex workers.
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Indice:
IMSEAR (Asie du Sud-Est)
Sujet Principal:
Prostitution
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Femelle
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Humains
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Chancre mou
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Gonorrhée
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Syphilis
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Maladies sexuellement transmissibles
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Infections à VIH
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Prévalence
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Inde
Type d'étude:
Étude de prévalence
Pays comme sujet:
Asie
langue:
Anglais
Année:
2004
Type:
Article
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