[HIV infections and their prophylaxis in the homosexual community of the Gdansk province]. / Zakazenia HIV i ich profilaktyka w spolecznosci homoseksualnej województwa gdanskiego.
Wiad Lek
; 47(17-18): 714-8, 1994 Sep.
Article
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| ID: mdl-7571629
From 1985 to the end of 1993, 15,000 investigations were performed in total, for HIV infection in the Province of Gdansk. Positive results of the tests were found in 316 persons, over 60% of whom being intravenous drug-addicts. In the group of persons reporting the possibility of infection through sexual contacts, the infection was found only in 15 out of 1755 studied subjects. Among homosexuals the infection was found in four out of 167 persons who underwent the investigation. In the whole group of 316 infected subjects this accounted for 1.2%. The above mentioned numbers are certainly too low. The causes of this should be seen in generally low attendance rate to the tests connected with low social awareness. However, in persons with different sexual orientation this is caused also by the fear of manifestation of their pecularity. In the activities for the control of HIV epidemic spreading in Poland indispensable is multi-sided educational initiative including the whole population, in which great help may be provided by homosexuals themselves. An evidence of this may be the results as yet of the cooperation between representatives of health care and homosexuals, discussed in the present paper.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Homosexualidad
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Infecciones por VIH
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Brotes de Enfermedades
Tipo de estudio:
Diagnostic_studies
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Etiology_studies
Límite:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
País/Región como asunto:
Europa
Idioma:
Pl
Revista:
Wiad Lek
Asunto de la revista:
MEDICINA
Año:
1994
Tipo del documento:
Article
Pais de publicación:
Polonia