AIDS heterosexual predominance in the Dominican Republic.
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr (1988)
; 4(12): 1173-8, 1991.
Article
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| ID: mdl-1941524
AIDS surveillance data from the Dominican Republic are described for 1983-89. A positive serologic test for HIV was required, and standard clinical criteria were used for defining AIDS. There were 1,202 AIDS cases (820 men, 372 women, 10 of unknown gender) reported to the Ministry of Health, for a cumulative case rate of 17 per 100,000 persons. Rapid growth of the epidemic is noted, with 43% of the total cases reported in 1989. Heterosexual exposure accounts for 53% (593) of all cases, with a male-to-female ratio of 2.2:1, resembling a World Health Organization Pattern I/II country. Prevalence is highest in and surrounding the urbanized tourist areas of Santo Domingo and Puerto Plata and in districts with a high concentration of sugar plantation barracks, where laborers from Haiti and the Dominican Republic work and live. The distribution of AIDS cases is described by transmission exposure category, age, sex, year of diagnosis, and district. The National AIDS Surveillance Program can be improved by validation of exposure transmission categories through selected case investigation and by better reporting through training of health care providers. Surveillance data will assist in targeting future public health efforts to regions and persons at highest risk.
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Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Comportamento Sexual
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Soroprevalência de HIV
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Síndrome da Imunodeficiência Adquirida
Tipo de estudo:
Etiology_studies
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Prevalence_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Child
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
País/Região como assunto:
Caribe ingles
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Dominica
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Republica dominicana
Idioma:
En
Revista:
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr (1988)
Assunto da revista:
DOENCAS SEXUALMENTE TRANSMISSIVEIS
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SINDROME DA IMUNODEFICIENCIA ADQUIRIDA (AIDS)
Ano de publicação:
1991
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
República Dominicana
País de publicação:
Estados Unidos