Surveys of HIV-1, HTLV-I, and other sexually transmitted diseases in female sex workers in Taipei City, Taiwan, from 1993 to 1996

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes and Human Retrovirology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 299-303

  Chen, Yi Ming A ^a   Yu, Phillip S ^a   Lin, Chung Chao ^b   Jen, Ian ^a  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b Taipei Venereal Dis Contr Inst   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Chlamydia trachomatis; Commercial sex workers; HIV 1; HSV 2; HTLV I; Syphilis; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS 1; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYPHILIS; TAIWAN; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; HTLV; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 2; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN T-LYMPHOTROPIC VIRUS 1;

EID: 0032126455     PISSN: 10779450     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042560-199807010-00016     Document Type: Article

References (15)

1. UNAIDS and WHO. HIV/AIDS: the global epidemic: December 1996. UNAIDS HIV/AIDS situation 1996. New York: United Nations/World Health Organization, 1996.
2. Lin KT, Huang SH, Kao CL, et al. An autopsy-proved case of AIDS in Taiwan. Asian Pac J Immunol 1987;5:25-31.
3. Gray JA, Dore GJ, Li Y, Supawitkul S, Effler P, Kaldor JM. HIV-1 infection among female commercial sex workers in rural Thailand. AIDS 1997;11:89-94.
4. Jen I, Lan JF, Lin HT, Chen Y-MA. A modified AIDS risk reduction model (ARRM) for female sex workers in Taiwan [abstract]. The IX International Conference of AIDS, Berlin, Germany, 1993.
5. Laga M, Alary M, Nzila N, et al. Condom promotion, sexually transmitted diseases treatment, and declining incidence of HIV-1 infection in female Zairian sex workers. Lancet 1994;344:246-8.
6. Ho JL, He S, Hu A, et al. Neutrophils from human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-seronegative donors induce HIV replication from HIV-infected patients' mononuclear cells and cell lines: an in vitro model of HIV transmission facilitated by chlamydia trachomatis. J Exp Med 1995;181:1493-505.
7. Laguardia KD, White MH, Saigo PE, Hoda S, McGuinness K, Ledger WJ. Genital ulcer disease in women infected with human immunodeficiency virus. Am J Obstet Gynecol 1995;172:553-62.
8. Schofer H, Imhof M, Thoma-Greber E, et al. Active syphilis in HIV infection: a multicentre retrospective study. The German AIDS Study Group (GASG). Genitourin Med 1996;72:176-81.
9. Wang CH, Chen CJ, Hu CY, et al. Seroepidemiology of human T-cell lymphotropic virus type I infection in Taiwan. Cancer Res 1988;48:5042-5.
10. Lipka LL, Santiago P, Chan L, et al. Modified Western blot assay for confirmation and differentiation of human T-cell lymphotrophic virus type I and II. J Infect Dis 1991;164:400-3.
11. Zelin JM, Robinson AJ, Ridgway GL, Allason-Jones E, Williams P. Chlamydial urethritis in heterosexual men attending a genito-urinary medicine clinic: prevalence, symptoms, condom usage and partner change. Int J STD AIDS 1995;6:27-30.
12. Tanaka M, Nakayama H, Sakumoto M, Matsumoto T, Akazawa K, Kumazawa J. Trends in sexually transmitted diseases and condom use patterns among commercial sex workers in Fukuoka City, Japan 1990-93. Genitourin Med 1996;72:358-61.
13. Evans BA, Kell PD, Bond RA, MacRae KD. Heterosexual relationships and condom-use in the spread of sexually transmitted diseases to women. Genitourin Med 1995;71:291-4.
14. Eron JJ Jr, Gilliam B, Fiscus S, Dyer J, Cohen MS. HIV-1 shedding and chlamydial urethritis. JAMA 1996;275:36.
15. Onorato IM, Klaskala W, Morgan WM, Withum D. Prevalence, incidence, and risks for HIV-1 infection in female sex workers in Miami, Florida. J Acquir Immun Defic Syndr Hum Retrovirol 1995;9:395-400.