Risk factors for herpes simplex virus type 2 infection among female commercial sex workers in Mexico City.
Int J STD AIDS
; 10(2): 105-11, 1999 Feb.
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ABSTRACT
PIP: The authors investigated the relationship between herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2) infection and socioeconomic and demographic characteristics, sexual behavior, and history of STDs among female prostitutes in Mexico City. During 1993, 757 female prostitutes aged 18-76 years, of mean age 28.5 years, from a random selection of prostitution sites provided blood samples and answered a standardized questionnaire. The presence of HSV-2 antibodies was identified through Western blot assay, using type-specific recombinant glycoprotein gG2. Overall seroprevalences for the study population were 65.1%, 0.6%, 3%, and 6.4% for HSV-2, HIV, hepatitis B virus, and syphilis, respectively. There was no significant correlation between HIV and HSV-2 serological results, although all 5 HIV-seropositive women were HSV-2 seropositive. In a multivariate analysis, the presence of HSV-2 antibodies was correlated with relatively higher age and longer time working as prostitutes, low education, prostitution at a street site, and positive serology for syphilis.
Palavras-chave
Age Factors; Americas; Behavior; Biology; Demographic Factors; Developing Countries; Diseases; Economic Factors; Educational Status; Herpes Genitalis; Infections; Latin America; Measurement; Mexico; North America; Population; Population Characteristics; Population Dynamics; Prevalence; Prostitutes--women; Reproductive Tract Infections; Research Methodology; Research Report; Risk Factors; Sex Behavior; Sexually Transmitted Diseases; Socioeconomic Factors; Socioeconomic Status; Syphilis; Time Factors; Urban Population; Women
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Trabalho Sexual
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Herpes Genital
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Herpesvirus Humano 2
Tipo de estudo:
Etiology_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Middle aged
País/Região como assunto:
Mexico
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Int J STD AIDS
Assunto da revista:
SINDROME DA IMUNODEFICIENCIA ADQUIRIDA (AIDS)
Ano de publicação:
1999
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de publicação:
Reino Unido