2004
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.20208
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Prevalence of HIV‐1 non‐B subtypes, syphilis, HTLV, and hepatitis B and C viruses among immigrant sex workers in Madrid, Spain

Abstract: Sexually transmitted disease (STD) remains a major public health challenge in developed countries, exacerbated by the advent of the HIV epidemic. The objectives of this study were to assess the prevalence of serological markers of syphilis, HIV-1/2, HTLV-I/II, HBV, and HCV infections among immigrant sex workers in Madrid, Spain and to characterize the HIV-1 variants in seropositive individuals. Sera from 762 immigrant commercial sex workers (75.3% from sub-Saharan Africa, 18.2% from South America, and 6.4% fro… Show more

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“…Por una parte, las que tuvieron como objetivo describir el patrón epidemiológico de determinados procesos de salud 13 y de diferentes determinantes 14,15 . Por otra, las que buscaban adquirir un mayor conocimiento de los procesos que pueden estar implicados en la relación entre proceso migratorio y el desarrollo de ciertos procesos de salud [16][17][18] .…”
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“…Por una parte, las que tuvieron como objetivo describir el patrón epidemiológico de determinados procesos de salud 13 y de diferentes determinantes 14,15 . Por otra, las que buscaban adquirir un mayor conocimiento de los procesos que pueden estar implicados en la relación entre proceso migratorio y el desarrollo de ciertos procesos de salud [16][17][18] .…”
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“…Unsafe vaginal sex increases the risk of acquiring HBV. While becoming infected sexually for HCV is less likely than that for HBV [8][9][10][11].…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In 2002, Solà et al performed a population-based study (2,194 individuals from different areas of Catalonia stratified according to the official census) (8) using serology samples to determine the prevalence and serological char- The effect of immigration on the epidemiology of HBV infection has been described in several studies (15)(16)(17)(18); for example, among pregnant women in Madrid, the prevalence of positive anti-HBc was statistically significantly higher in Asians (27.6%) and Africans (18.8%) than in Spaniards (3.7%), Europeans (3.3%), and Americans (4.6%) (19).…”
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confidence: 99%