TY - JOUR
T1 - HIV antibody seroprevalence and associated risk factors in sex workers, drug users, and prisoners in Sindh, Pakistan
AU - Baqi, Shehla
AU - Nabi, Naheed
AU - Hasan, Syed N.
AU - Khan, Amir J.
AU - Pasha, Omrana
AU - Kayani, Naila
AU - Haque, Rehan A.
AU - Haq, Inaam Ul
AU - Khurshid, Mohammad
AU - Fisher-Hoch, Susan
AU - Luby, Stephen P.
AU - McCormick, Joseph B.
PY - 1998/5/1
Y1 - 1998/5/1
N2 - Objective: To determine prevalence of HIV infection and risk behaviors in commercial sex workers (CSWs), drug users, and prisoners in Sindh, Pakistan. Methods: A medical clinic was established in a 'red-light' district of Karachi. Eighty-one CSWs who registered at the clinic between November 1993 and June 1994 were provided HIV counseling and testing and administered a risk factor questionnaire. Next, 316 male drug users were tested for HIV-1 antibody from April to July 1994. Finally, a voluntary serosurvey of HIV-1 and HIV-2 and risk behaviors of 3525 prisoners in Sindh was conducted between July 1994 and December 1994. Abbott Recombinant HIV third-generation enzyme- linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) and confirmatory testing with Western blot analysis were used in all three groups. Results: None of 81 CSWs tested for HIV-1 antibody were positive. None of 316 drug users tested positive for HIV- 1 antibody. Of 3441 male prisoners, 1 was HIV-1 infected, and of 84 female prisoners, 1 was HIV-1 infected. No prisoner was positive for HIV-2 antibody. Discussion: The prevalence of HIV in CSWs, drug users, and prisoners in Sindh is low at present. Intervention programs implemented at this stage can make an impact in HIV prevention.
AB - Objective: To determine prevalence of HIV infection and risk behaviors in commercial sex workers (CSWs), drug users, and prisoners in Sindh, Pakistan. Methods: A medical clinic was established in a 'red-light' district of Karachi. Eighty-one CSWs who registered at the clinic between November 1993 and June 1994 were provided HIV counseling and testing and administered a risk factor questionnaire. Next, 316 male drug users were tested for HIV-1 antibody from April to July 1994. Finally, a voluntary serosurvey of HIV-1 and HIV-2 and risk behaviors of 3525 prisoners in Sindh was conducted between July 1994 and December 1994. Abbott Recombinant HIV third-generation enzyme- linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) and confirmatory testing with Western blot analysis were used in all three groups. Results: None of 81 CSWs tested for HIV-1 antibody were positive. None of 316 drug users tested positive for HIV- 1 antibody. Of 3441 male prisoners, 1 was HIV-1 infected, and of 84 female prisoners, 1 was HIV-1 infected. No prisoner was positive for HIV-2 antibody. Discussion: The prevalence of HIV in CSWs, drug users, and prisoners in Sindh is low at present. Intervention programs implemented at this stage can make an impact in HIV prevention.
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U2 - 10.1097/00042560-199805010-00011
DO - 10.1097/00042560-199805010-00011
M3 - Article
C2 - 9593461
AN - SCOPUS:13144307060
SN - 1077-9450
VL - 18
SP - 73
EP - 79
JO - Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes and Human Retrovirology
JF - Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes and Human Retrovirology
IS - 1
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