Prevalence of HIV antibodies in transsexual and female prostitutes.
B Modan,
R Goldschmidt,
E Rubinstein,
A Vonsover,
M Zinn,
R Golan,
A Chetrit and
T Gottlieb-Stematzky
Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Tel Aviv University Medical School, Israel.
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) prevalence was studied inan unselected group of 216 female and transsexual prostitutes.Subjects were asked about age, biological sex, marital status,children, length of occupation, sexual practices, and drug abusehistory. Blood was drawn on site. All 128 females who did notadmit to drug abuse were seronegative; 2 of the 52 females (3.8%)who admitted to intravenous drug abuse were seropositive. Incontrast, 11.1% of the 36 male transsexuals (including 3 outof 32 non-drug abusers) were seropositive. The results supportthe notion that vaginal transmission of HIV is less effectivethan anal transmission.
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