       Document 0506
 DOCN  M9610506
 TI    Association between hepatitis C virus seroreactivity and HIV infection
       in non-intravenous drug abusing prostitutes.
 DT    9601
 AU    Pineda JA; Rivero A; Rey C; Hernandez-Quero J; Vergara A; Munoz J;
       Aguado I; Santos J; Torronteras R; Gallardo JA; et al; Department of
       Internal Medicine, Virgen del Rocio University; Hospital, Seville,
       Spain.
 SO    Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis. 1995 May;14(5):460-4. Unique Identifier
       : AIDSLINE MED/96039828
 AB    Two hundred and ninety-four non-transfused prostitutes from Spain, who
       denied intravenous drug abuse, were tested for hepatitis C virus (HCV)
       antibodies. Seventeen (5.78%) of them were seropositive. Both in
       univariate and correspondence analyses, serological results for
       hepatitis C were associated with the HIV-1 serostatus (p < 0.001),
       number of sex partners (p < 0.05) and a history of genital ulcers (p <
       0.05). In logistic regression analysis, hepatitis C seropositivity was
       associated only with HIV-1 infection (adjusted odds ratio = 13.6; 95%
       confidence interval = 3.3-55.2). These results show that hepatitis C
       seropositivity is associated with HIV-1 infection in female
       non-intravenous drug abusing prostitutes. These findings are also
       consistent with the hypothesis that HCV can be sexually transmitted with
       low efficiency.
 DE    Adult  Analysis of Variance  Female  Hepatitis
       C/COMPLICATIONS/EPIDEMIOLOGY/*IMMUNOLOGY  Hepatitis C
       Antibodies/*ANALYSIS  Human  HIV
       Infections/COMPLICATIONS/EPIDEMIOLOGY/*IMMUNOLOGY  *HIV-1/IMMUNOLOGY
       Logistic Models  Prevalence  *Prostitution/STATISTICS & NUMER DATA  Risk
       Factors  Seroepidemiologic Methods  Sex Behavior  Sexually Transmitted
       Diseases/EPIDEMIOLOGY/*IMMUNOLOGY  Spain/EPIDEMIOLOGY  Substance Abuse,
       Intravenous  JOURNAL ARTICLE  MULTICENTER STUDY

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