PREVALENCE OF HEPATITIS B MARKERS, ANTIBODIES TO ADULTT CELL LEUKEMIA/LYMPHOMA VIRUS AND ANTIBODIES TO HUMAN IMMUNE DEFICIENCY VIRUS IN PROSTITUTES IN FUKUOKA, JAPAN
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Prevalence of hepatitis B (HB) markers, antibodies to human T cell leukemia virus (HTLV-1) and antibodies to human immune deficiency virus 1 (HIV-1) in prostitutes working in Fukuoka city were studied. Sera were collected from 237 prostitutes during January-September, 1986. Among them, 9 (3.8%) were HB virus surface-antigen (HBs Ag) positive, of whom, 3 were HBe antigen positive and the remaining 6 were anti-HBe positive. The positive rate of anti-HBs was 34.2%. The incidence of anti-HTLV-1 in the prostitutes was 5.9%. These incidences are considered to be within the usual range in Kyushu district. No seropositive case for anti-HIV was found.
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- Ｊａｐａｎｅｓｅ Ｊｏｕｒｎａｌ ｏｆ Ｍｅｄｉｃａｌ Ｓｃｉｅｎｃｅ ａｎｄ Ｂｉｏｌｏｇｙ
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Ｊａｐａｎｅｓｅ Ｊｏｕｒｎａｌ ｏｆ Ｍｅｄｉｃａｌ Ｓｃｉｅｎｃｅ ａｎｄ Ｂｉｏｌｏｇｙ 40 (5-6), 171-174, 1987
国立感染症研究所 Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases 編集委員会