Relevance of routine diagnosis of Chlamydia and HIV infections in Vienna prostitutes |
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| Authors: | W Kopp R Knobler A Lindmaier H Wachtberger A Stary J S?ltz-Sz?ts |
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| Affiliation: | Beratungsstelle für Geschlechtskrankheiten, Gesundheitsamtes der Stadt Wien. |
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| Abstract: | At the Control Center for Veneral Diseases of the Vienna Health Office, 5000 examinations for Chlamydia infection were performed on registered and non-registered prostitutes between 1980 and 1988. During this period, we observed a continuous decrease of the rate of infections from 20.4% to 4% among registered prostitutes and from 31.4% to 12.4% among non-registered prostitutes. Between 1985 and 1988, the cumulative number of HIV infections only rose from 7 to 8 cases among registered prostitutes and from 2 to 3 cases among non-registered prostitutes. All these HIV carriers were associated with i.v. drug abuse. The correlations between these two infections as well as the implications regarding health politics are discussed. |
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