Author | Guimaraes, Mark Drew Crosland | |
Author | Muñoz, Alvaro | |
Author | Pinto, Cynthia Boschi | |
Author | Castilho, Euclides Ayres de | |
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Available date | 2010-08-23T16:58:23Z | pt_BR |
Available date | 2010-11-04T14:19:40Z | |
Document date | 1995 | pt_BR |
Citation | GUIMARÃES, Mark D. C. et al. HIV infection among Female Partners of Seropositive Men in Brazil. America Journal Epidemiology, v.142, n.5, p.539-547, 1995. | pt_BR |
ISSN | 0002-9262 | pt_BR |
URI | https://www.arca.fiocruz.br/handle/icict/550 | |
Description | The Rio de Janeiro Heterosexual Study Group includes Luiz A. Alves Lima from Santa Catarina Hematoiogic Center; Victor Berbara
from National Institute of Medical Care; Solange Cavalcante from Evandro Chagas Hospital, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation; Valeria
Gomes from Pedro Emesto Hospital, State University of Rio de Janeiro; Mariza Morgado from The Immunology Laboratory, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation; Eleonora Quinhões and Dario Signorini from Gaffree & Guinle University Hospital, University of Rio de Janeiro; Andrea Sereno from Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. | pt_BR |
Abstract in Portuguese | A heterosexual partner study was carried out in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from August 1990 to Decembe: 1991. The main objectives were to determine the rate of male-to-female transmission of human Immunodeficiency
virus (HIV) and to determine risk factors. Male index cases were recruited according to the following criteria: 1) confirmed HIV positivity, 2) 18 years old or older; 3) heterosexual contact within the past year. Only female partners who reported not to have other risk factors but to have had sexual contact with the Index case were
invited to participate. Couples were interviewed for risk factors and had blood collected for laboratory studies.
The overall prevalence of HIV infection was 45 percent among 204 female partners In the study. Using logistic regression, the authors found the following factors to be independently (p <0.05) associated with HIV
infection: 1) anal sex (odds ratio (OR) = 3.74, 95% confidence interval (CI)
1.87-7.45); 2) condom use during vaginal sex sometimes (OR = 1.45,95% CI 1.07-1.96), rarely (OR = 2.10,95% CI 1.15-3.83), or never (OR = 3.04, 95% CI 1.23-7.50) as compared with always; 3) frequency of sexual contacts In the year prior to interview (100+) (OR = 2.00,95% CI1.03-3.91); and 4) oral contraceptive use (OR = 2.04, 95% CI 0:97-4.29). In addition to a borderline significance of oral contraceptive use, there was a strong suggestion of an interaction with history of sexually transmitted diseases. | pt_BR |
Language | eng | pt_BR |
Publisher | Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health | pt_BR |
Rights | open access | pt_BR |
Subject in Portuguese | developing countries | pt_BR |
Subject in Portuguese | HIV nfections | pt_BR |
Subject in Portuguese | risk factors | pt_BR |
Title | HIV infection among Female Partners of Seropositive Men in Brazil | pt_BR |
Type | Article | |
Affilliation | Federal University of Minas Gerais. Department of Preventive and Social Medicine. Belo Horizonte, BH, Brazil. | pt_BR |
Affilliation | The Johns Hopkins University. School of Hygiene and Public Health. Department of Epidemiology. Baltimore, USA. | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Ministry of Health. Oswaldo Cruz Foundation. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil. | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Ministry of Health. Oswaldo Cruz Foundation. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil. | pt_BR |