Risk factors for AIDS among Haitians residing in the US: evidence of heterosexual transmission
Journal Article
·
· JAMA, J. Am. Med. Assoc.; (United States)
OSTI ID:6796606
In a study of Haitians in Miami and New York, Creole-speaking interviewers questioned 55 patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) (45 men and ten women) and 242 control-persons (164 men and 78 women). One male patient was homosexual, and one female patient had received blood within five years. No one admitted to intravenous drug use, hemophilia, or sexual contact with AIDS patients. Male AIDS patients were significantly more likely than control-men to have entered the US after 1977 and to have had gonorrhea, syphilis, and sexual contact with female prostitutes. Female AIDS patients were more likely to have voodoo-priest friends and to have been offered money for sex. Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome was probably contracted through sexual contact with infected heterosexuals.
- OSTI ID:
- 6796606
- Journal Information:
- JAMA, J. Am. Med. Assoc.; (United States), Journal Name: JAMA, J. Am. Med. Assoc.; (United States) Vol. 257:5; ISSN JAMAA
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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62 RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE
ADENOVIRUS
ADULTS
AGE GROUPS
AIDS
AMINO ACIDS
ANTIBODIES
BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BLOOD COUNT
CARBOXYLIC ACIDS
DAYS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
DEMOGRAPHY
DIAGNOSIS
DISEASES
DRUGS
ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY
EPIDEMIOLOGY
EVEN-ODD NUCLEI
GREATER ANTILLES
HAITI
HEMIC DISEASES
HERPES SIMPLEX
HISPANIOLA
HUMAN POPULATIONS
IMMUNE REACTIONS
IMMUNOASSAY
IMMUNOLOGY
INFECTIOUS DISEASES
ISLANDS
ISOTOPE APPLICATIONS
ISOTOPES
LIGHT NUCLEI
LIPOTROPIC FACTORS
METHIONINE
MICROORGANISMS
NORTH AMERICA
NUCLEI
ONCOGENIC VIRUSES
ORGANIC ACIDS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC SULFUR COMPOUNDS
PARASITES
POPULATIONS
PROTEINS
RADIOASSAY
RADIOIMMUNOASSAY
RADIOIMMUNOLOGY
RADIOISOTOPES
SKIN DISEASES
SULFUR 35
SULFUR ISOTOPES
TRACER TECHNIQUES
USA
VIRAL DISEASES
VIRUSES
WEST INDIES
62 RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE
ADENOVIRUS
ADULTS
AGE GROUPS
AIDS
AMINO ACIDS
ANTIBODIES
BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BLOOD COUNT
CARBOXYLIC ACIDS
DAYS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
DEMOGRAPHY
DIAGNOSIS
DISEASES
DRUGS
ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY
EPIDEMIOLOGY
EVEN-ODD NUCLEI
GREATER ANTILLES
HAITI
HEMIC DISEASES
HERPES SIMPLEX
HISPANIOLA
HUMAN POPULATIONS
IMMUNE REACTIONS
IMMUNOASSAY
IMMUNOLOGY
INFECTIOUS DISEASES
ISLANDS
ISOTOPE APPLICATIONS
ISOTOPES
LIGHT NUCLEI
LIPOTROPIC FACTORS
METHIONINE
MICROORGANISMS
NORTH AMERICA
NUCLEI
ONCOGENIC VIRUSES
ORGANIC ACIDS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC SULFUR COMPOUNDS
PARASITES
POPULATIONS
PROTEINS
RADIOASSAY
RADIOIMMUNOASSAY
RADIOIMMUNOLOGY
RADIOISOTOPES
SKIN DISEASES
SULFUR 35
SULFUR ISOTOPES
TRACER TECHNIQUES
USA
VIRAL DISEASES
VIRUSES
WEST INDIES