Mbugua G, Gachihi GS, Adaw S, Mueke FM, Mandalya KN, Mupate E; International Conference on AIDS.
Int Conf AIDS. 1989 Jun 4-9; 5: 1014 (abstract no. W.G.P.27).
Kenya Medical Research Institute, Kenya
OBJECTIVE: To assess the prevalence and distribution of HIV infection among female prostitutes at Mombasa. METHOD: 366 high risk females working in bars as barmaids, soliciting for men in bars and in Mombasa streets plus women known to entertain men in their houses in certain parts of Mombasa town were sampled using cluster method and recruited into the study. The women were asked to report to Communicable Diseases Control department at Ganjoni, Mombasa. While at the Ganjoni clinic, verbal consent was taken. 5 mls of blood samples were collected from the women and blood sera was later separated at Coast General Hospital Laboratory, Mombasa and Enzyme Linked Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA) test using Organon kit was done. A written questionnaire was administered by asking the study subjects questions and filling in forms. RESULTS: 144/366 (39.34%) women were ELISA positive for HIV; 80/366 (21.86%) were positive for syphilis; 32/366 were positive for both HIV and syphilis; 48/366 (13.11%) were positive for syphilis alone and 112/366 (30.6%) had HIV alone. CONCLUSION: The HIV infection among high risk females in Mombasa is definitely high and there is urgent need to organise counselling sessions for the patients.
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Keywords:
- AIDS Vaccines
- Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
- Female
- HIV
- HIV Antibodies
- HIV Infections
- HIV Seropositivity
- HIV Seroprevalence
- Humans
- Kenya
- Male
- Prevalence
- Questionnaires
- Syphilis
Other ID:
UI: 102181288
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