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Association between hepatitis C virus seroreactivity and HIV infection in non-intravenous drug abusing prostitutes

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Two hundred and ninety-four non-transfused prostitutes from Spain, who denied intravenous drug abuse, were tested for hepatitis C virus (HCV) antibodies. Seventeen (5.78 %) of them were seropositive. Both in univariate and correspondence analyses, serological results for hepatitis C were associated with the HIV-1 serostatus (p<0.001), number of sex partners (p<0.05) and a history of genital ulcers (p<0.05). In logistic regression analysis, hepatitis C seropositivity was associated only with HIV-1 infection (adjusted odds ratio =13.6; 95 % confidence interval =3.3–55.2). These results show that hepatitis C seropositivity is associated with HIV-1 infection in female non-intravenous drug abusing prostitutes. These findings are also consistent with the hypothesis that HCV can be sexually transmitted with low efficiency.

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  1. Department of Internal Medicine, Virgen del Rocío University Hospital, Avda. Manuel Siurot s/n, 41013, Seville, Spain

    J. A. Pineda, I. Aguado & J. A. Gallardo

  2. Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Virgen del Rocío University Hospital, Avda. Manuel Siurot s/n, 41013, Seville, Spain

    C. Rey & R. Torronteras

  3. Department of Microbiology, Virgen del Rocío University Hospital, Avda. Manuel Siurot s/n, 41013, Seville, Spain

    J. A. Pineda, A. Rivero, C. Rey, J. Hernández-Quero, A. Vergara, J. Muñoz, I. Aguado, J. Santos, R. Torronteras, J. A. Gallardo & C. García-Arias

  4. Unit of Infectious Diseases, Virgen de la Victoria University Hospital, Colonia Santa Inés s/n, 29010, Malaga, Spain

    A. Rivero, J. Santos & C. García-Arias

  5. Unit of Infectious Diseases, San Cecilio University Hospital, Avda. del Doctor Oloriz 16, 18012, Granada, Spain

    J. Hernández-Quero

  6. Unit of Infectious Diseases, Puerto Real University Hospital, Carretera Nacional IV, Km. 665, 11510, Cadiz, Spain

    A. Vergara

  7. Department of Statistics, Faculty of Mathematics, University of Seville, Avda. Reina Mercedes s/n, 41013, Seville, Spain

    J. Muñoz

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Pineda, J.A., Rivero, A., Rey, C. et al. Association between hepatitis C virus seroreactivity and HIV infection in non-intravenous drug abusing prostitutes. Eur. J. Clin. Microbiol. Infect. Dis. 14, 460–464 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02114907

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