       Document 0096
 DOCN  M9610096
 TI    [HIV infections and their prophylaxis in the homosexual community of the
       Gdansk province]
 DT    9601
 AU    Jankowska M; Szwarc A; Lemanska M; Zielinska W; Centrum
       Diagnostyczno-Kliniczne wojewodztwa gdanskiego przy; Klinice Chorob
       Zakaznych Ak. Med. w Gdansku.
 SO    Wiad Lek. 1994 Sep;47(17-18):714-8. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE
       MED/96040952
 AB    From 1985 to the end of 1993, 15,000 investigations were performed in
       total, for HIV infection in the Province of Gdansk. Positive results of
       the tests were found in 316 persons, over 60% of whom being intravenous
       drug-addicts. In the group of persons reporting the possibility of
       infection through sexual contacts, the infection was found only in 15
       out of 1755 studied subjects. Among homosexuals the infection was found
       in four out of 167 persons who underwent the investigation. In the whole
       group of 316 infected subjects this accounted for 1.2%. The above
       mentioned numbers are certainly too low. The causes of this should be
       seen in generally low attendance rate to the tests connected with low
       social awareness. However, in persons with different sexual orientation
       this is caused also by the fear of manifestation of their pecularity. In
       the activities for the control of HIV epidemic spreading in Poland
       indispensable is multi-sided educational initiative including the whole
       population, in which great help may be provided by homosexuals
       themselves. An evidence of this may be the results as yet of the
       cooperation between representatives of health care and homosexuals,
       discussed in the present paper.
 DE    Adult  Disease Outbreaks/*PREVENTION & CONTROL  English Abstract  Female
       Homosexuality/*STATISTICS & NUMER DATA  Human  HIV
       Infections/DIAGNOSIS/*EPIDEMIOLOGY/ETIOLOGY  Male  Poland/EPIDEMIOLOGY
       Prostitution/STATISTICS & NUMER DATA  Risk Factors  Serodiagnosis  Sex
       Behavior  Substance Abuse, Intravenous/COMPLICATIONS  JOURNAL ARTICLE

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