Ndinya-Achola JO, Datta P, Waiyaki P, D'Costa LJ, Ronald AR, Plummer FA; International Conference on AIDS.
Int Conf AIDS. 1989 Jun 4-9; 5: 1014 (abstract no. W.G.P.29).
University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya
OBJECTIVE: To monitor the rate of change in HIV-1 in at-risk populations since the onset of the epidemic at the beginning of the decade. METHODS: Data accruing from all the studies related to sexually transmitted diseases (STD) and HIV conducted under the auspices of the World Health Organization collaborative centre for STD research and training within the Department of Microbiology, University of Nairobi from 1980 to 1988 were reviewed. The populations studied included men and women attending an STD clinic, pregnant women and a cohort of prostitutes living in one geographically defined area of Nairobi. RESULTS: HIV seropositivity (HIV+) rates increased from 0 to 24% in STD clinic patients, with the largest increase occurring in men with chancroid. Among prostitutes, the HIV+ increased from 3% to 80%. HIV+ in pregnant women increased from 0 to 3.7%. CONCLUSION: HIV infection rate is spreading most rapidly in the Nairobi populations with the highest sexual activity. A slow but steady increase in prevalence of HIV+ in pregnant women suggests substantial spread to the general population.
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Keywords:
- AIDS Vaccines
- Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
- Ambulatory Care Facilities
- Animals
- Disease Outbreaks
- Female
- HIV
- HIV Antibodies
- HIV Infections
- HIV Seropositivity
- HIV Seroprevalence
- HIV-1
- Humans
- Kenya
- Male
- Nairobi Sheep Disease
- Population
- Pregnancy
- Prevalence
- Prostitution
- Sexual Behavior
- Sexually Transmitted Diseases
- Sheep
- epidemiology
Other ID:
UI: 102181290
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